{"id":861561,"date":"2026-09-26T17:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T17:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/861561\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T17:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T17:08:08","slug":"the-last-of-us-adds-john-goodman-laura-bailey-ian-alexander-to-s3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/861561\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Last of Us’ Adds John Goodman, Laura Bailey, Ian Alexander to S3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tActor John Goodman and video game stars Laura Bailey and Ian Alexander will be added to the Season 3 cast of HBO drama \u201cThe Last of Us<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tGoodman plays Joey, one half of the self-nicknamed \u201cHeroes of the Highway\u201d duo from the series based on a Sony PlayStation video game series that follows characters in postapocalyptic America. \u201cThe Last of Us,\u201d led by showrunner and executive producer Craig Mazin, is expected to return to HBO next year for what may be its final season.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlexander steps into the role of Paco, the other half of the duo. Alexander previously played Lev in \u201cThe Last of Us: Part II\u201d video game. The actor also appeared in \u201cThe OA\u201d television series as Buck Vu.<\/p>\n

\n\tBailey portrays Elizabeth, one of the leaders of the Seraphites religious sect. Bailey played Abby in \u201cThe Last of Us: Part II\u201d video game. She has also lent her voice to \u201cThe Legend of Vox Machina\u201d series and the 2023 \u201cSpider-Man 2\u201d video game as Mary Jane Watson.<\/p>\n

\n\tPreviously announced new cast members for Season 3 are Clea Duvall, Patrick Wilson, Jason Ritter, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Michelle Mao and Kyriana Kratter.<\/p>\n

\n\tReturning cast for the season includes Kaitlyn Dever, Bella Ramsey, Isabella Merced, Gabriel Luna and Jeffrey Wright. Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle and Spencer Lord have been promoted to series regular for Season 3.<\/p>\n

\n\tGoodman plays President Compson in the highly anticipated movie \u201cDigger,\u201d starring Tom Cruise, which opens Oct. 2.<\/p>\n

\n\tGoodman is represented by Gersh. Alexander is represented by Curate. Bailey is represented by CAA.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Last of Us,\u201d based on the hit video game franchise of the same name, takes place in a world hit by a widespread infection that has turned most of the population into zombielike creatures.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series was cocreated by Mazin and game creator Neil Druckmann. It was previously announced that Druckmann was exiting the show ahead of Season 3, and Mazin will be sole showrunner for the season in addition to writing and executive producing. The series is co-produced by HBO and Sony Pictures Television and executive produced by Carolyn Strauss, Jacqueline Lesko, Cecil O\u2019Connor, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan and Evan Wells. PlayStation Productions, Word Games, Mighty Mint and Naughty Dog produce.<\/p>\n

\n\t(Pictured: Laura Bailey, John Goodman, Ian Alexander)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor John Goodman and video game stars Laura Bailey and Ian Alexander will be added to the Season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,9454],"class_list":["post-861561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-the-last-of-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}