Steven Spielberg was one of the first A-listers to praise “The Last of Us,” according to director Peter Hoar.The Episode 3 helmer told The Hollywood Reporter that series creator Craig Mazin received a letter from the iconic Oscar winner applauding the queer storyline in the third episode, titled “Long, Long Time.”“Well, I didn’t get it directly, but [an actual Spielberg letter] came to Craig Mazin, the writer of my episode on ‘The Last of Us’ — the writer of all the episodes,” Hoar said.
“He shared it with myself, Nick Offerman, Murray Bartlett and [cinematographer] Eben Bolter.
Basically, a whole group of middle-aged men started squealing because their idol had realized who they were.”Hoar continued, “I think he probably knew who everyone else was, but he didn’t know who I was.
And now he’s probably forgotten.”The director addressed Mazin’s “universal” storyline in the third episode featuring the…
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