Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann has discussed the casting of Tony Dalton in the developer’s new game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. This story contains spoilers for HBO’s The Last of Us.
In the sixth episode of The Last of Us Season 2, we get a flashback showing Joel’s abusive father, and he’s played by Better Call Saul actor Tony Dalton. Druckmann told Entertainment Weekly that he was impressed with Dalton’s performance in his one scene, so much so that he offered Dalton a role in Intergalactic without an audition or anything.
„He immediately came to mind, and I just offered it to him on the spot,“ Druckmann said.