We sure hope it is someone who will do justice to the role and show Ellie and Joel’s story just as beautifully as the game does. Well, looks like HBO has a very tough decision to make. Troy also wants to see what Mainz can do with this character to take it to the next level. The guy who played Thanos and Cable in different Marvel movies is the perfect man for the job. Voice actor Troy Baker, who voices the lead in the first Naughty Dog game, has expressed interest in being a part of the upcoming The Last of Us TV series under one condition: he doesn't play Joel.
Close Confirm Edit Send Last of Us 2 Guide Walkthrough Wiki Characters Joel: Age, Voice Actor, and Backstory. The Last of Us is one of the many videogames getting a TV series adaptation and it looks like the man behind Joel himself is wanting in on that action. And I was like, ‘If you ever get the call for a character named Joel, I would be honored and I think you would be enriched to play that character.’” occurred under and what kind of effects it had. And I was like, ‘You and I met, we had drinks this one night, we had a good night.’ He was like, ‘I think I remember that,’ and I was like, ‘I doubt you do, because I know how much we all had to drink.’ I said, ‘There is a game that’s coming out and I want you to know that, for me, so much of your work was very influential.’ And he really, really was. I was like, ‘Man, I doubt you remember this, but you and I were doing a movie.’ He was doing No Country, and I was doing a western. “I remember being at LAX and Josh Brolin was there, we were in the lounge together, and I walked up.