Josh Peck is opening up about his surprise appearance in the latest episode of The Last of Us season two!
The 38-year-old Oppenheimer actor, best known for starring on Nickelodeon as a teen, showed up in the beginning of the Sunday night (May 4) episode of the hit HBO series.
Josh, per Variety, appeared as “Janowitz, a Federal Disaster Response Agency soldier who bonded with his brothers-in-arms by telling them an expletive-ridden story about detaining ‘voters’ — the ironic FEDRA nickname for Quarantine Zone residents who’ve had their rights stripped away.”
While speaking with the outlet about his guest role, the actor dished on his audition and how he related to his character’s monologue.
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“It was just an audition that came in and, like most great writing, when I read the scene, I was like, ‘I think I know how to do this,’” Josh told Variety. “I sent it out into the universe and hoped, but sort of didn’t expect to hear anything back because I don’t usually get things as good as this. So when I heard back, I was so excited.”
“I feel very, very lucky to have been involved and to have been able to work with someone like Craig Mazin, who I’ve been a fan of for a long time,” he added. “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that anything I’ve done that’s been at a higher level, be it something like Oppenheimer or this or when I’ve gotten the chance to work with great actors, it feels refreshingly easy because everything has been worked out. There are no holes in the script. Everyone is at the top of their game, and you feel excited to be a part of that team.”
Josh also shared that he tried to find a connection between his character’s story and a story from his own life to relate to the guy.
“I tried to connect the story to a story in my real life that I’ve told before that’s totally benign and maybe would only make me laugh. He’s kind of talking about that he wanted to save the guys, in some respect, that were getting bullied,” he said. “Like, he was almost upset or he was just throwing his hand up that this one guy who continued to talk, knowing that they had this insane fellow soldier that was going to make that person pay. It was finding these subtle, humanizing points so that I don’t look at this kid like a total monster. He’s like a consiglieri. He seemed to me like a mouthpiece. He was good at following orders and whatnot. But did I ever think that he would attain the the ranks of an Isaac? I’m not sure.”
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If you missed it, earlier this year Josh and his wife Paige announced they are expecting their third child together!
