“They were ‘the Infected.’
We weren’t a zombie show.”
In a virtual press conference with his fellow showrunner Neil Druckmann, Mazin wanted to set the record straight.
A Clicker screeches on HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’.HBO
“Maybe we should talk about how Craig banned the Z-word on set,” Druckmann said playfully.
“Which I did not do!”
Mazin replied, laughing.
Merle Dandridge and Craig Mazin on the set of ‘The Last of Us’.Liane Hentscher/HBO
“I call them zombies all the time.
I don’t know what Eben was talking about.
No, we call them zombies all the time because it’s funny.”
The Last of Usis set in a world forever scarred by a fungal plague.
An evolved form of cordyceps infected the brains of human victims, transforming them into ravenous zombie-like creatures.
Whether you call these monsters Infected or zombies, Mazin teasesseason 2might have more of them.
“There is moreThe Last of Usto come,” Mazin said.
“After all, you’re not playing it, you’re watching it.
