The Last of Us villain David expands on unused material from the PlayStation game

Scott Shepherd as David in The Last of Us
(Image credit: HBO)

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The Last of Us episode 8 is arguably the HBO show's darkest yet, as it sees Ellie come up against cannibal cult leadeꦯr David – and Joel viciously fight off his loyal henchmen, too. Like it has done so with several supporting characters so far, the adaptation expands on David from the game. It turns out, though, that writer Craig Mazin used discarded dialogue from the game to inform the villain's story on screen.

, took to the platform to remind others that they'd once stumbled across 35,000 deleted sound files from the first game six years ago. 

Upon listening to them, they discovered "David'🐲s character in the game original♛ly had a lot more of the Christian cult-y lean that we just saw in the show." 

They added: "I thought was a cool detail for them to expand on. No specific unused liꦑnes were given to the show that I recall, but David's preacher is the third concept to be seemingly cut from the game but expanded in the show. The first two are the existence of tendrils () and confirmation of Joel's construction/contracting background ('Bulldozer')."

According to the original post, most of the other snippets were m🌳inor, from Joel complaining about his flashlight and Tess calling him "Tex" to QZ announcements.

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Amy West

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