Due to changes made to Sam, TheLastOfUs showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann faced a unique challenge when casting the character for the HBO series.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us episode 5The Last of Us showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann explain the difficulty in casting Sam for the show. The Last of Us episode 5, “Endure and Survive,” introduces game characters and brothers Henry and Sam. Henry was a FEDRA collaborator protecting the much-younger Sam after he becomes “the most wanted man in Kansas City” for selling out the brother of rebel leader Kathleen.
Mazin and Druckmann had written Sam as deaf, and ideally wanted to cast a deaf actor for The Last of Us' Sam role. This proved to be rather tricky, particularly because the part had other stipulations as well. Druckmann and Mazin recount the full casting story below: Neil Druckmann: I would also point out, one really important component to that casting call, is they have to be able to act.Druckmann: To find someone who fits the demographic is one thing, like ‘oh, we found someone!’
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