Neil Druckmann

Bella and Isabella, like... It's one of those gambles, you know, when we first cast her, like, you're hoping, you're praying that the chemistry will be there, they'll get along. And so to see it come to fruition like that... That was the first day...

Bella and Isabella, like... It's one of those gambles, you know, when we first cast her, like, you're hoping, you're praying that the chemistry will be there, they'll get along. And so to see it come to fruition like that... That was the first day...

If I may say one other thing about Catherine O'Hara, this is the thing the viewer will never see, but it's like when we say cut and she's just there hanging out, she's kind and generous and is just there to play and try things and just throw herself at this role.

If I may say one other thing about Catherine O'Hara, this is the thing the viewer will never see, but it's like when we say cut and she's just there hanging out, she's kind and generous and is just there to play and try things and just throw herself at this role.

Yeah. And I think the thread you're starting to see here between like Abby and her reaction to Joel, Ellie and her reaction to Joel and Gail and her reaction to Joel is that there are certain actions that have consequences and we're starting to feel the ripple effects of those actions.

Yeah. And I think the thread you're starting to see here between like Abby and her reaction to Joel, Ellie and her reaction to Joel and Gail and her reaction to Joel is that there are certain actions that have consequences and we're starting to feel the ripple effects of those actions.

I don't know, yeah. Maybe. I don't know.

I don't know, yeah. Maybe. I don't know.

Enough, yeah.

Enough, yeah.

You don't have to do that.

You don't have to do that.

I'll try not to do this too much on this podcast, but that's one of those moments. I mean, I wasn't there for the filming of that, but I saw it right afterwards. And you just get emotional because you could feel the love that people had for the source material. Since season one came out, people have asked me, like, oh, what's the secret sauce to making an adaptation that works?

I'll try not to do this too much on this podcast, but that's one of those moments. I mean, I wasn't there for the filming of that, but I saw it right afterwards. And you just get emotional because you could feel the love that people had for the source material. Since season one came out, people have asked me, like, oh, what's the secret sauce to making an adaptation that works?

Now I know, having finished season one, which is, like, find someone that loves it as much as you do. That's Craig Mazin, and that's Ksenia, is one of those people who's played the game and loves it so much, it's in her bones. Like, she knows the game inside out. So when it's trying to capture something almost identically, it's not quite the same shot. It feels like the same shot.

Now I know, having finished season one, which is, like, find someone that loves it as much as you do. That's Craig Mazin, and that's Ksenia, is one of those people who's played the game and loves it so much, it's in her bones. Like, she knows the game inside out. So when it's trying to capture something almost identically, it's not quite the same shot. It feels like the same shot.

It feels like the same shot. And all the work, again, for the set design, for like the extras that are there, again, trying to capture this moment. So much work goes into something that feels simple when you're viewing it.

It feels like the same shot. And all the work, again, for the set design, for like the extras that are there, again, trying to capture this moment. So much work goes into something that feels simple when you're viewing it.

I feel something that the rest of Naughty Dog, the studio that made the game, feels, which is like a respect and love for the source material that can only come if you really cared about and appreciate it.

I feel something that the rest of Naughty Dog, the studio that made the game, feels, which is like a respect and love for the source material that can only come if you really cared about and appreciate it.