The Last of Us editor Timothy Good on Ellie's kiss with Riley and the heartbreaking LGBTQ+ details you missed in episodes 3 and 7.
I felt a really big responsibility and when it came down to it, I just wanted to make sure that it told a story, not of being normal necessarily, but of being the same. But at the same time, I wanted to show that queer people have had to have a secret sort of language to make sure that we're safe, to make sure that we're in company that's going to be okay, to test the waters.
In the first scene, he sort of spins it exactly the right way. He goes away for a second and then Frank looks at the food and spins the plate back. Bill sees that, and he's like,"Why would you do that?"In the echo scene later, one of the things that I picked up on that the actors did was that they do the exact same thing. As Bill's leaving, Frank slowly turns the plate again. That's just always his way. But the first time was sort of like a rote thing. He just did it.
That little little tiny detail may go unnoticed, but to me, it was very important to hold on Frank, having that moment internally. That's the brilliance of Murray Bartlett. He remembers what he did, so he's looking at it and he's having this sort of private moment.My job as the editor is to decode that and say, okay,"I know what he's doing and I think it's valuable.
I was perfectly aware at that point that there were these Wonders of the Mall and I said I want to give her at least Two Wonders at the Mall. Most importantly, I wanted to give her the costume dance and the kiss because I don't believe I can do them as well as she can. I think Emily understands the tentativeness of the kiss moment very well. My favourite moment that Emily did was that she held on Ellen after she kisses Riley, and then you don't get to see Riley at all. Then it's that nervous anticipation of:"Did I just fuck this whole thing up? Did I just completely destroy the one good thing in my life by doing this?"
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