Since the video game release of The Last Of Us in 2013, fans and critics have continued to recognize the impactful story of Joel and Ellie navigating a world where all hope seems to be lost. With the premiere of its show adaptation, HBO gave us the unique opportunity to sit down and interview the cast, as well as creating promo videos for social. I worked on creating interview questions that focused on the relationship we see Joel and Ellie develop with one another as they experience this new world. I chose to focus on Joel’s role as a father figure to Ellie, and Ellie’s naïveté of this new world as she never got a chance to experience a life before the outbreak. When it came down to sit with the cast, we dove deeper into emphasizing while this show is about a post apocalyptic world, it’s main focus was to show how important connections are to humans, and all that it takes to survive.