The Last of Us: Find out why Ellie is immune to the codyceps fungus
Amid the journey in The Last of Us with Ellie (Bella Ramsey), Joel (Pedro Pascal) discovers that The young woman is immune to the codyceps fungus and therefore does not turn into zombie. However, the mystery about the condition, which drags on at the end of the first season, will be revealed in Second wave of episodes, which opens this Sunday (13/4) at 22h.
The scene began at the end of the first season, when Ellie's mother, Anna Williams (Ashley Johnson), is chased by an infected, ends up being attacked and gives light Ellie. It cuts the umbilical cord with the knife used to kill the monster.
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“Our doctor thinks Cordyceps in Ellie has grown with her since birth. It produces a kind of chemical messenger. It makes normal cordyceps think she's cordyceps. That's why she's immune,” she is revealed.
However, it seems that the situation is not as simple as it seems. One of the creators of the game and the series, Neil Druckmann explained that the situation can still surprise.
“We do not respond to this conclusively, but the most important thing is to build the relationship between Marlene and Anna, so that when you come to an end and put Marlene against Joel, they have their own opposite philosophical terms about how the ends justify the means, knowing how close it was from Anna,” he said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Craig Mazin, co -creator of the production, detailed the scene to Empire Magazine. “I remember writing in the script this scene where Anna gave birth to Ellie and how she was bitten exactly at that moment, having this dread of: 'My God, she is still connected to me, I have to cut the umbilical cord!' And then, uncertainty has been done in time, ”he recalls.
