Nick Offerman teases gay prequel for The Last Of Us: “It could be a musical”
Nick Offerman won his first Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, as Bill in HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama The Last of Us, over the weekend.
In doing so he beat his co-star – or should we say co-lover – Murray Bartlett who was also nominated, before addressing speculation about a potential prequel to further explore the love story of their characters. “Thank you to the Academy for this pat on the back and for even counting me among my fellow nominees, especially my magnificently generous partner and rightly lauded Aussie top man – the Girth from Perth – Murray Bartlett,” the actor remarked during his speech, “without whom it would have been awfully tough to pull off a beautiful, richly-veined 2-hander.” He continued to thank HBO and Carolyn Strauss, executive producer, for “continuing to produce wildly entertaining programs like this that arc toward decency and inclusivity.” On 7 January, Offerman further extended his thanks on X (formerly Twitter), where he stated: “Friends, I was fortunate enough to receive a very nice winged Emmy accolade figurine last night for my work as Bill in @TheLastofUsHBO written by the indomitable @clmazin. “It’s hard to fully swallow because the role was in an inseparable partnership with the magnificent #MurrayBartlett so I wish they had 2 trophies to give.
Without Frank, Bill ain’t shit. Anyway, here’s my speech.” The Last of Us was the big winner at the first of the two 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies, receiving honours in nine categories including Outstanding Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Storm Reid), Picture Editing, Main Title Design, Prosthetic Makeup, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects.
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