The Last Of Us Actor Is Back On Doing Motion Capture

KBA October 20, 2020

Actor Derek Phillips, best known for his role in NBC television series Friday Night Lights and a key role in The Last of Us 2, has stepped back into his motion-capture suit.

As you can see from the Twitter post below which the actor recently shared, he is heading back to work in his motion-capture suit. What could it mean? We'll discuss that underneath the tweet.

Back to work!!! pic.twitter.com/gN4S7zr4mK
— Derek Phillips (@derekphillips) October 19, 2020

"SPOILER WARNING IF ANYONE HAVEN'T PLAYED The Last Of Us Part 2 Yet"

Still with us? Perfectly Splendid. Phillips’ most recent video game project had him play The Last of Us 2 character Jerry Anderson, Abby's dad, who was a Firefly surgeon who was killed by Joel at the end of the first game to save Ellie. Phillips depicted Abby’s dad during flashbacks in the sequel, giving us context on who he was and the reason behind Abby killing Joel at the beginning of the game.

Nothing has been confirmed yet but do take this with a grain of salt, there is speculation that Phillips is returning to capture footage for a possible Last of Us Part 2 DLC which will be related to Abby's past. To make things more interesting Neil Druckmann, co-writer and creative director of The Last of Us Part 2, liked Philips’ tweet, which is raising more questions and speculations about any future Naughty Dog titles. Of course, Druckmann could also just be happy to see Philips back in a mo-cap suit.

Phillips has also starred in games such as Dishonored as Lord Treavor Pendleton and Life is Strange as Mark Jefferson, so it’s entirely possible he may be working on something that isn’t related to The Last of Us.