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At 'The Last of Us' season 2 premiere, Gabriel Luna describes welcoming the new cast members and how working with a fun cast makes dealing with difficult subject matter easier and more enjoyable.

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00:00So what was it like welcoming all these new cast members? Were you on the welcoming committee here?

00:05I'm a pretty gregarious type guy and they all came in and brought so much youth and energy and beauty to the piece.

00:14Caitlin brought this intense focus and sweetness and kindness to Abby, which I think you need if you play the game.

00:22I think there's a balance and there's a two sides of a coin type thing between her and Ellie.

00:25Then you need those qualities in your Abby. Izzy is just effervescent and bubbly and smart and so wise beyond her years.

00:33Spencer Lord, the strength and the kindness there. You know, I got to go down the line now.

00:38Ariella Bauer, beautiful singing voice, incredible musician. All of them are.

00:44Danny Ramirez, too handsome sometimes. Just want to pinch his little cute little face.

00:50And then Young Mazzino was like my homie. He was like my kind of road dog.

00:53Like we kind of went all through Vancouver, kind of tearing it up.

00:57So there's probably some stories being told about us somewhere in Vancouver.

01:00I don't know. Who did I miss?

01:02Tati. Tati. Oh, Tati's just like walking art and the lead of Naughty Dog's Intragalactic,

01:10which is an incredible new game that Naughty Dog is developing.

01:12And Tati Gabrielle, we were fortunate to have her.

01:14So Cass is amazing. Across the board.

01:17And what was it like walking onto that whole Jackson set for the first day?

01:20Well, the original Jackson set was one road in Canmore, Alberta.

01:26And it was already just kind of a marvel of production design and of intense focus and detail.

01:34And then we go to the second season and we go up to Squamish, British Columbia

01:40and build out entire city blocks of the city of Jackson.

01:45And it was spectacular to see.

01:48I mean, working interiors in all these buildings and a lot of like breakaway,

01:55tearaway, inflammable type things and just the whole city.

01:59I was like, you ought to just keep this here, man.

02:01It's just like just have your own back lot here in British Columbia.

02:06Yeah.

02:08Unbelievable.

02:09I mean, our production design team is, I mean, it's HBO, so it's only the best.

02:17And the subject matter obviously can be very dark and grueling.

02:20How do you kind of get in and out of that mindset?

02:22You work with Pedro and Bella and watch them giggle in between takes and laugh at you

02:30when you're trying to be serious.

02:31Caitlin and I both talk about this, just like come in all serious, trying to be serious.

02:35And if they're having their giggle fit, there's no stopping them.

02:39It doesn't matter.

02:40It's not even a thing you're doing that's making them laugh.

02:43It's just they're just very fun and playful people.

02:47So, yeah, I think it's the levity in between each take that all the cast brings.

02:51We bring our musical tastes and our musical abilities to a lot of it.

02:55And I think that that also helps to kind of put a melody in the air and calm everybody down.

03:01Yeah, so it's a lot of really heartbreaking stuff, tough stuff to work through.

03:04So it's good to have people who like to play.

03:07Thank you so much.

03:07Thank you very much.

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