Per Variety, HBO’s upcoming series adaptation of The Last of Us has officially cast Nick Offerman, who is perhaps best known for his role as Ron Swanson in the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation, as Bill.
Con O’Neill had previously been announced for the role of Bill, but according to the outlet, he was forced to bow out of the show due to a scheduling conflict. Offerman will now take over the role as Bill and star alongside Murray Bartlett as Frank, two post-pandemic survivalists living alone in their own isolated town.
Written by Chernobyl‘s Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, The Last of Us stars Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian) and Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones) who will play Joel and Ellie respectively, with Gabriel Luna set to play Joel’s brother, Tommy, Merle Dandridge reprising her video game role as Marlene, Nico Parker (The Third Day) as Joel’s daughter, Sarah, Jeffrey Pierce (Bosch) as Perry, a rebel in a quarantine zone, Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus) as Frank, and Anna Torv (Mindhunter) as Tess.
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The Last of Us is “set 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed and centres on the relationship between Joel, a smuggler in this new world, and Ellie, a teenager who may be key to a cure for a deadly pandemic. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle the 14-year-old girl out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey as they traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.”
