Famous scenes re-enacted? HBO denies rumor that Joel hasn't finished filming Season 2 of The Last of Us

Recently, the news that Pedro Pascal (playing Joel) has finished filming the second season of The Last of Us has spread rapidly on the Internet, causing many players to worry that the second season of The Last of Us will recreate Joel's "famous scene " in The Last of Us 2. Now HBO has officially clarified that Pedro Pascal is still filming and the rumor is not accurate.

The rumor comes from insider Daniel Richtman, who reported that Pedro Pascal has finished filming and the second season will be completed in August 2024. Considering that the series just started filming in February and Pedro Pascal finished filming in just one month, many players suspect that the scene in which Joel was brutally killed by Abby with a golf club at the beginning of "The Last of Us 2" will be repeated in the second season of "The Last of Us".

HBO provided IGN with a statement saying that this was not the case and that Pedro Pascal was still filming. Beyond that, HBO did not provide any further information.

IGN believes that HBO's statement does not mean that the "Joel golf club" scene will not appear in the second season of "The Last of Us". If Joel appears in the form of a memory in the second season, it is normal that he is still filming now.