Meet Gail, the only therapist in this dystopian society.
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Warning: This article contains spoilers from theLast of Usseason 2 premiere, “Future Days.”
“It’s too much for anyone.”
Catherine O’Hara as Gail on ‘The Last of Us’ season 2 premiere.Credit:Liane Hentscher/HBO
That’s what weed is for.
“Boy, you got to survive somehow,” the comedienne cracks.
Viewers learn a lot about Gail in the first episode of this next seven-episode arc.
Pedro Pascal’s Joel, Catherine O’Hara’s Gail in ‘The Last of Us’ season 2.Liane Hentscher/HBO
He pays for these sessions with bags of Mary Jane, hence O’Hara’s quip.
But, honestly, with zombie-like monsters roaming the world, let this woman have her vices.
Gail acknowledges Joel had no choice, which leads us to believe Eugene was perhaps bitten by infected.
(If you need a refresher,look no further.)
“They scheduled a full day for that scene,” O’Hara recalls of shooting the therapy sequence.
“It was intense.
It takes a lot of [film] coverage.
Craig was just very clear.
He really knows what he’s doing and what he wants to have happen.
Pedro Pascal’s Joel Miller on ‘The Last of Us’ season 2.Liane Hentscher/HBO
So you go there to someone’s show and you have to give yourself to them.I’mthe interloper.
I wanted to rise to the occasion.”
It was a surprise to O’Hara, as well, when she got a call from Mazin.
Joe Pantoliano’s Eugene on ‘The Last of Us’ season 2; Eugene in 2020’s ‘The Last of Us Part II’ video game.HBO; Naughty Dog
“They very carefully let me see some scripts.
It’s all very secretive.”
O’Hara acknowledges she typically doesn’t go for the more intense roles.
She points to her time working with the lateJames Gandolfini.
“It’s not that it overwhelms him.
He did his job and he lived his life.
I’m not saying he didn’t succeed at it, but it’s really difficult.”
She adopts a similar mentality.
This one will focus on Pantoliano’s Eugene.
It was killer."
Someone get Gail more weed.
She’s gonna need it.
