HBO's The Last Of Us - 5 PERFECT Actors For Joel & Ellie
3. Hugh Jackman
SPOILERS FOR LOGAN
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Look, Hugh Jackman is on this list for one reason and one reason only: When he was impaled on that tree trunk in Logan, he was doing a great impression of Joel being impaled on that rebar.
Kidding, obviously.
Look, this man needs no introduction, nor do we really NEED to make a case for why he would make an excellent Joel. He's one of the most acclaimed, beloved actors working today.
Let's be real: In Logan, he practically WAS Joel.
A bitter, angry, grizzled survivor - a man who struggled with the things he had done to get to where he was - and who didn't want anything to upset the quiet status quo he'd carved out for himself.
When something did come knocking, he gradually opened himself up, and found a reason not just to live, but to look forward to living.
That, my friends, is Joel.
Let's not forget his wrathful turn in Prisoners, where he played a father who would stop at nothing to find his daughter, either.
Sure, Jackman may be a little on-the-nose, but hey, so was Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange. Sometimes, on-the-nose is best.