Like Game of Thrones and The Mandalorian before it, The Last of Us continues a high-profile TV series tradition of making things appear in shots that shouldn’t be there.
It’s not as unforgivable as plastic dishes and modern drinks in the battered final season of Game of Thrones. In this case, it’s people. Human film crew in a take from Episode 6 of the hit HBO series starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey.
Scott T. Jones first drew attention to the error on Twitter on Tuesday. (The episode aired on HBO on Sunday.)
Look to the left of the image, near the center and below. You can see dark figures, film crews standing between the snow covered trees.
If you have to check the shot in the episode, it’s an extreme wide angle shot of Ellie and Joel crossing a bridge. Scroll to 13:11 and CSI-Zoom-and-Enhance about 100 times in the lower left corner.
When a coffee mug was left behind in a footage from Season 8 Episode 4 of Game of Thrones, HBO was quick to edit it out. In Season 2, Episode 4 of The Mandalorian, a crew member called “Jeans Guy” – he’s wearing jeans and is just visible in the background of a shot – was also quickly excised.
Maybe The Last of Us goes the same way?
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View All Photos First published on Feb 21, 2023 at 5:31pm PT.