‘The Last Of Us’ Season 3 Adds A Big Actor In A Non-Game Role

InnovationGaming‘The Last Of Us’ Season 3 Adds A Big Actor In A Non-Game RoleByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorJun 12, 2026, 09:23am EDTThe Last of UsLiane Hentscher/HBOHBO’s The Last of Us has generally been faithful to the books, but there have been some significant changes over the course of the first two seasons, and it seems like there’s going to be one more to come. A big actor is showing up to play a villain that did not originally appear in The Last of Us Part II at all.Peter Sarsgaard has been cast in season 3 of The Last of Us as Amon, one of the Seraphite leaders, one who did not appear in the game. The original leader of the Seraphites was “The Prophet,” but she was executed by the WLF’s Isaac after her capture. I imagine that Amon may serve as more of a singular “face” for the cult, as there wasn’t all that much of a central character who was the leader in the original game.In the game and the upcoming show, the Seraphites are a faction at war with the WLF. The cult wants to live off the land and not rely on any technology in the apocalypse, and believes the Cordyceps brain infection was a punishment from God for the world’s sins. In the wake of the death of The Prophet, the war against the WLF escalated.The show has already taken one non-game detour here with Ellie being introduced to the cult and its brutality in a scene that wasn’t in the game at all, presumably setting them up for the third season in addition to the captured one tortured by Isaac in a different sequence.NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 03: Peter Sarsgaard attends "The Bride!" New York Premiere at Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center on March 03, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Getty ImagesMORE FOR YOUSeason 3 of The Last of Us will focus mainly on Kaitlyn Dever’s Abby, and she has many, many run-ins...