If I were out there somewhere, lost and in trouble you would set the world on fire to save me — Jesse. to Ellie.
Bella Ramsey’s Ellie and Young Mazino’s Jesse talk it out in the auditorium of Vancouver’s Orpheum Theatre as the Pinnacle Theater on Seattle Day 3 in The Last of Us season 2 finale.
The game’s Pinnacle Theater (inspired by Seattle’s Paramount Theater) is the place that Ellie and Isabel Merced’s Dina hole up during their time in Seattle. The stage is set up for a concert, frozen in time.
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Jesse and an injured Dina retreated to the theater on Seattle Day 2 after an encounter with the Seraphites in a downtown park. Ellie joined them late that night after torturing Nora.
On Seattle Day 3, Ellie and Jesse hear reports on the WLF radio of a sniper. They split up — Jesse to find Tommy and Ellie back on the hunt to find Abby at the Seattle Aquarium.
Ellie doesn’t find Abby but she does find Owen and Mel. She fires back on Owen and accidentally kills Mel, who is pregnant. Tommy and Jesse find the devastated Ellie and bring her back to the theater.
Gabriel Luna’s Tommy and Jesse in the Pinnacle Theater audatorium late on Seattle Day 3.
Tommy leaves Ellie and Jesse to have their talk.
Suddenly there are loud noises in the Lobby.
Jesse and Ellie run up the aisle.
Jesse is shot as he enters the Lobby (a studio set).
By Abby with a gun, avenging her friends.
Cast and crew in the Orpheum Theatre.
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Co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann talked about the Orpheum Theatre’s close match on The Last of Us official podcast.
[The Orpheum theatre] is so close to the one in the game…..there is some subtle [VFX] aging going on because we couldn’t mess their carpets up, we couldn’t mess their seats up or the walls,. We also wanted to imply that this was fairly well preserved, a kind of a tomb left untouched, a safe haven for Dina and Ellie. — Craig Mazin.
It was scary how close it was to the game walking onto that set. – Neil Druckmann.
Production designer Don Macauley and his art team built sets for everything else in the theater — the lobby, the balcony overlooking the lobby and the roof Ellie and Dina run up to.
The Last of Us Season 2:
Episodes: 7.
Working title: MEGA SWORD
B.C. filming dates: February 12 2024 – August 23 2024.
Additional photography in September 2024 and January 2025.
Co-Creators/Writers: Craig Mazin, Neil Druckmann (and Halley Gross).
Directors: Craig Mazin, Mark Mylod, Peter Hoar, Kate Herron, Stephen Williams, Neil Druckmann, Nina Lopez-Corrado.
Cast: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, Rutina Wesley, Isabela Merced, Young Mazino, Kaitlyn Dever, Danny Ramirez, Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle, Spencer Lord.
Guest stars: Catherine O’Hara ,Robert John Burke, Jeffrey Wright, Alanna Ubach,, Ben Ahlers, Hettienne Park, Noah Lamanna, Joe Pantoliano.
Production designer: Don Macaulay.
Sound stages: The Bridge Studios.