The Last of Us: We learned how much Pedro Pascal makes as Joel in the HBO series
After The Mandalorian his tape has gone up
There is no doubt that Pedro Pascal is one of the hottest names in Hollywood right now having played mostly TV roles in series like Narcos, Game of Thrones and The Mandalorian . Now he’s making a splash again as Joel in the TV adaptation of The Last of Us , arguably the most popular series in the world right now.
It is logical that after this huge success and despite his 47 years, his cash and shares have risen. Variety reveals in an article about the earnings of actors in streaming series, which are high as each platform wants to keep people interested in a market so saturated.
According to what Pascal reports he is one of the highest paid actors out there, as he receives for each episode of The Last of Us on HBO about $600,000/episode , which means that he was paid a total of $6 million for this role .
For example, Oscar winner Kate Winslet managed to get a salary of around $650,000 per episode for ” The Mare of Easttown ” while the highest paid like Jeff Bridges for The Old Man with $1 million per episode are also revealed and Chris Pratt at $1.4 million/episode for Amazon’s The Terminal List .
A few words about The Last of Us series:
The Last of Us series stars Pedro Pascal (Mandalorian), Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones), Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate), Nico Parker (Dumbo), Nick Offerman (Parks & Rec), Storm Reid (Euphoria ), Merle Dandridge (Greenleaf, The Last of Us game), Jeffrey Pierce (The Foreigner), Troy Baker (The Last of Us game), Ashley Johnson (Blindspot, The Last of Us game), Lamar Johnson (Your Honor), Melanie Lynskey ( Yellowjackets ), Keivonn Woodard, Graham Greene (American Gods) and Elaine Miles (Smoke Signals).
A sequel to The Last of Us Season 2 has already been announced , which will cover some of the events of The Last of Us Part II.
The series, which is based on the PlayStation game of the same name, takes place 20 years after the destruction of modern civilization. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, away from the quarantine zone. What starts as a chore soon turns into a brutal journey as the two must cross the US and depend on each other for their survival.
Episode directors for Season 1 are Neil Druckmann (videogame creator, director and screenwriter), Jasmila Žbanić (Quo Vadis, Aida), Ali Abbasi (Border), Peter Hoar (Marvel’s Daredevil, The Umbrella Academy, Cloak & dagger, Altered Carbon), Jeremy Webb, Liza Johnson and showrunner Craig Mazin (Chernobyl).
The Last of Us also managed to break a viewership record for HBO, achieving the second biggest new series debut behind House of the Dragon.
