TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – main actress, Christine Hakim became a trend on Twitter after it was revealed that he had joined the American post-apocalyptic drama television series, The last of us. Christine Hakim is known for playing a scientist in the series which will be released on January 15, 2023 on HBO.

Act as a scientist

This information was disclosed by the owner of the @NaughtyDogInfo Twitter account on Sunday, December 18, 2022. In her tweet, the account shared photos from the trailer, Christine Hakim can be seen wearing a lab coat.

“HBO’s The Last of Us theory: Cordyceps brain infection may have originated in Indonesia. In the recently released TV spot, we see a scientist played by Indonesian actress Christine Hakim holding something that looks like a mushroom in a lab.“, tweeted @NaughtyDogInfo.

Christine Hakim in HBO’s The Last of Us. Photo: Twitter/@NaughtyDogInfo

Connect with Indonesia

Reinforcing the conjecture that the story The last of us has a relationship with Indonesia, in the tweet it was also mentioned that the TLOU HBO crew in Calgary was seen filming a scene at the SAIT Senator Burns Building with props from the Indonesian Ministry of Health in the area about a year ago. “The HBO team also shot scenes at a local Vietnamese restaurant.“, he tweeted.

A week before the footage was released, a crew member shared snippets of his alleged experience on set The last of us. “The set I was in was probably in the 80s-90s, in Jakarta Indonesia, I’m also a bit confused, I haven’t finished the whole game, but I think it’s kind of a flashback of Something. There was an Indonesian general escorted by 2 policemen and 2 soldiers. He went to a local restaurant to find a young female scientist and talk about something. I was one of the cops and they kicked me out as a lookout so I didn’t really hear what they were doing“, wrote @yanks_18.

Are there any other Indonesian actors in The Last of Us?

Apparently Christine Hakim isn’t the only Indonesian to play The last of us. This suspicion arose from the director’s tweet Timo Tjahjanto who just released his latest film on Netflix, The big 4. He hinted that there are other Indonesian actors who will join the American series. “And he’s not the only Indo“, tweeted Timo.

Game The Last of Us Remastered. Apixelatedview.com

Series based on video games

The last of us is a series created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann for HBO. Based on the 2013 video game of the same name later developed by Naughty Dog, this series will follow Joel (Pedro Pascal), a smuggler tasked with escorting teenage Ellie (Bella Ramsey) through the post-apocalyptic United States. It will star Gabriel Luna as Joel’s younger brother Tommy, Merle Dandridge as resistance leader Marlene, and Anna Torv as Joel’s smuggler partner Tess.

The last of us billed as the biggest television production in Canadian history, filming in Alberta from July 2021 to June 2022. It is HBO’s first series based on a video game, and is a co-production of Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions , Naughty Dog , The Mighty Mint and Word Games.

Cordyceps brain infection in The Last of Us

Quoting from ScreeningCordyceps Brain Infection (CBI) featured in the franchise The last of us is a yeast infection responsible for destroying half of society in The Last of Us franchise. Although the infection is central to the storyline and neither the original game nor its sequels provide insight into how it spreads, details can easily be overlooked.

In The last of us The outbreak originally started in September 2013. The fungus infects a person while they are still alive, as the infection can only affect living bodies, not dead ones. CBI can be spread through bites from infected individuals or through exposure to spores.

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