THE LAST OF US Series Casts BEEF Star Young Mazino in Season 2
Beef star Young Mazino is the latest actor to join the cast of HBO’s The Last of Us Season 2. He will take on the role of Jesse, a character who is said to be “a pillar of his community who puts everyone else’s needs before his own, sometimes at terrible cost.”
Series co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann said of the casting: “Young is one of those rare actors who is immediately undeniable the moment you see him. We’re so lucky to have him, and we can’t wait for the audience to see Young shine in our show.”
Mazino joins the recently cast Kaitlyn Dever, who will take on the role of Abby. They join Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey.
The Last of Us takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed by a deadly virus. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone to the Fireflies, a cure-searching organization. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
In addition to Pascal and Ramsey, the first season also stars Gabriel Luna, Anna Torv, Nico Parker, Murray Bartlett, Nick Offerman, Melanie Lynskey, Storm Reid, Merle Dandridge, Jeffrey Pierce, Lamar Johnson, Keivonn Woodard, Graham Greene, Elaine Miles, Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker.