Troy Baker

In the latest episode, Ellie comes across David and his community of cannibals, who have resorted to eating their own dead. David is a sort of cult leader who ...

There's this moral superiority that creeps up in him and then a bowl is put in front of him and that levels the playing field." Of playing the cannibalistic part, Baker explains, "James is observing all of this with the inauspicious perspective of knowing what's actually in the stew, and he's disgusted. James is a pragmatist.” The actor compared James’ subtleties to Joel's as he explains that Joel was not a bad guy in the beginning. James is the same way." In the latest episode, Ellie comes across David and his community of cannibals, who have resorted to eating their own dead. James is second in command to cannibal leader David, they talk in codes and despite him not completely trusting David, he still follows him.

If anyone's in a position to compare The Last of Us on HBO to the original game, it's Troy Baker, who played the original Joel in the games.

We are also a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. He thinks it beats apathy, saying, of potential mixed reactions to key moments in season 2, that they’ll be “Hopefully the same. Do you disagree with the changes the show has made? Regrading Pedro Pascal’s performance in the role he originated, Baker says, “There’s a physicality that he brought to this that we couldn’t have done in the game. What this show has proven is that it’s a much bigger story than we originally conceived.” It was a bigger role than he expected, as he tells [Variety](https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-last-of-us-troy-baker-james-david-joel-1235541775/), “I thought I was gonna get a walk-on role.

Getting him in a role larger than your average cameo is in line with what the rest of the original cast was offered. Tommy's voice actor, Jeffrey Pierce, played ...

[played a member of an anti-FEDRA uprising called Perry](https://www.thegamer.com/the-last-of-us-hbo-frank-bill-jeffrey-pierce/), appearing in two episodes. It remains to be seen if Baker can be snuck into the next season too - although considering he has already played such a prominent role here, it will likely be one that conceals his face. Instead, he plays a survivor and follower of David called James - a very different role than the one he's used to in this story. [She'll actually be playing Ellie's mother](https://www.thegamer.com/the-last-of-us-hbo-ashley-johnson-ellie-mum/), making the casting incredibly fitting - and possibly helping to [explain one of the biggest mysteries surrounding Ellie](https://www.thegamer.com/the-last-of-us-finale-teaser-ellie-immunity/) since the game launched ten years ago. In fact, as revealed in a recent interview, he thought he'd be lucky to play a clicker. If you don’t feel interested, it’s totally fine.' And I’m like, 'Dude, if there’s anything for me….' Look, I thought I was going to be a clicker.

Troy Baker, who voiced Joel Miller in The Last of Us videogames, is all praise of Pedro Pascal's performance in the show. During an interview with IGN, ...

Was there something that I didn't know?" Was there something that I missed? "Was there something that I overlooked?

The latest The Last of Us installments featured fan-favorite actor Troy Baker as James. It's a long journey that takes Joel and Ellie on the West Coast ...

The Last of Us series finally welcomed Troy Baker, Joel from the video games. Baker shared his reflections on Ellie, Pedro Pascal, and more.

Baker notes of The Last of Us‘ new Joel, Pedro Pascal. Troy Baker, who voices Joel in The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II, finally joined the new infected world. [Variety](https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-last-of-us-troy-baker-james-david-joel-1235541775/), the original Joel shared a little bit about his adaptation experience. While in the games, Baker plays a character whose very core revolves around protecting his charge, Ellie. On the eighth episode of HBO Max’s The Last of Us series, the show brought in Joel from the original video games. Instead, Baker came into The Last of Us as an antagonist, James,

The Last of Us' Troy Baker opens up about playing a cannibal cultist in HBO's adaptation of the game and talks about how James and Joel are more alike than ...

Craig, his philosophy is “what are they thinking, what are they feeling, and how can I most honestly display that?” And I’ve been given writing notes from Craig, and he gave me one of the best pieces of advice that I would pass on to any writer, which is don’t be clever, just be honest. There’s a commitment to authenticity, not only to the truth that’s trying to be conveyed in each line of dialogue but also in these characters, in their performance. 1, it’s a story that is relatable because it’s a story about love. But “the game was cinematic and good, so the show was good” feels like a really reductive way to talk about why the show resonates with people— James recognizes that David’s the devil, and the last place you want to be is on the wrong side of the devil. But the episode does give you this sense of how important faith is to these people but also how fraught their relationship with faith has become in this situation for obvious reasons. But no, I wanted to hear from you why you think the show has found such a following outside of the OG fans. But when I spoke with Baker recently ahead of the air of “When We Are in Need,” he was quick to tell me that he felt a very specific kind of similarity between his takes on Joel and James — one that becomes easier to understand when you stop thinking about The Last of Us as a story with true villains. James doesn’t believe that they’re doing God’s will or that God’s protecting them or even that David is a man of God. And the problem is that Ellie immediately threatens that position. To me, he’s doing exactly what Joel does, which is to ask “how can I best look after those that I care about?” And he’s a pragmatist; he’s not a violent person. With Joel (Pedro Pascal) still wounded and in need of medical attention as “When We Are in Need” opens, it almost seems like a godsend when Ellie (Bella Ramsey) first encounters a preacher named David (Scott Shepherd) and his right-hand man James (Troy Baker) who insist that they can help keep her safe.