The Last of Us co-executive producer Jacqueline Lesko recently revealed how the HBO video game adaptation took control of an entire mall during Season 1.Lesko explained how The Last of Us managed to shoot on location at Calgary’s Northland Village Mall for Episode 7, “Left Behind,” in an interview with Variety. “We were on the hunt for a mall that we could kind of take over, which is impossible in a working mall because they’re open seven days a week,” she said. “[Northland] was going defunct. I think there was maybe a couple stores open, but they pretty much said, ‘We’re going to tear this down. You guys can do whatever you want to it.’ And we were like, ‘Really?’ The biggest problem with that was it was a one-story mall and we needed two stories, and that’s where visual effects stepped in.”Aside from recreating the setting of the original Left Behind DLC, The Last of Us Episode 7’s abandoned mall setting provides a memorable backdrop for Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Riley’s (Storm Reid) final night together. The post-apocalyptic drama series also relies just as heavily on its production design in other emotionally-charged installments, most notably, in Episode 3, “Long, Long Time.” Director Peter Hoar touched on this in a recent interview, noting that the Last of Us crew made a concerted effort to convey a sense of “freshness” within the mini-Utopia created by lovers Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett).Related: The Last of Us Showrunner Reveals How Long the Series Might Last
The Last of Us co-executive producer Jacqueline Lesko recently revealed how the HBO video game adaptation took control of an entire mall during Season 1.
Lesko explained how The Last of Us managed to shoot on location at Calgary’s Northland Village Mall for Episode 7, “Left Behind,” in an interview with Variety. “We were on the hunt for a mall that we could kind of take over, which is impossible in a working mall because they’re open seven days a week,” she said. “[Northland] was going defunct. I think there was maybe a couple stores open, but they pretty much said, ‘We’re going to tear this down. You guys can do whatever you want to it.’ And we were like, ‘Really?’ The biggest problem with that was it was a one-story mall and we needed two stories, and that’s where visual effects stepped in.”
Aside from recreating the setting of the original Left Behind DLC, The Last of Us Episode 7’s abandoned mall setting provides a memorable backdrop for Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Riley’s (Storm Reid) final night together. The post-apocalyptic drama series also relies just as heavily on its production design in other emotionally-charged installments, most notably, in Episode 3, “Long, Long Time.” Director Peter Hoar touched on this in a recent interview, noting that the Last of Us crew made a concerted effort to convey a sense of “freshness” within the mini-Utopia created by lovers Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett).
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