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chemgear · 01-25-2023, 07:31 PM

https://calgaryherald.com/entertainm...box=1674593167

Even before Gabriel Luna had officially landed the role of Tommy in HBO’s The Last of Us, he began doing his homework.

“Tommy exists in life,” says Luna, who, like his character, is from Austin, Texas. “I mean, he is a computer-generated character, but Jeffrey Pierce’s voice and his body and his heart (are) in that performance. So there is definitely something to study. There are elements of a really great performance that I’d be a fool not to embrace. So there’s that attempt to honour the character and to make him recognizable to the fans of the game.

He also became a Calgary Flames fanatic. In the winter of 2021, he went to four Flames games and also took in a game when he returned last week.

“I don’t root for the Kings, I don’t root for the Dallas Stars,” he says. “I didn’t have a hockey team until I came here and spent as much time as I did at the Saddledome. They won my love. So I’m a Flames fan for life.”

01-25-2023, 07:31 PM	#270
chemgear Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2010 Exp:	https://calgaryherald.com/entertainm...box=1674593167 Even before Gabriel Luna had officially landed the role of Tommy in HBO’s The Last of Us, he began doing his homework. “Tommy exists in life,” says Luna, who, like his character, is from Austin, Texas. “I mean, he is a computer-generated character, but Jeffrey Pierce’s voice and his body and his heart (are) in that performance. So there is definitely something to study. There are elements of a really great performance that I’d be a fool not to embrace. So there’s that attempt to honour the character and to make him recognizable to the fans of the game. He also became a Calgary Flames fanatic. In the winter of 2021, he went to four Flames games and also took in a game when he returned last week. “I don’t root for the Kings, I don’t root for the Dallas Stars,” he says. “I didn’t have a hockey team until I came here and spent as much time as I did at the Saddledome. They won my love. So I’m a Flames fan for life.”