The Horses of ‘The Final of Us’


Followers of HBO’s The Final of Us know that in a number of episodes of the hit dystopian collection the primary characters, together with Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Joel (Pedro Pascal), experience horses to journey throughout America and escape some baddies 20 years after civilization has been destroyed by a world pandemic. Because the second season movies in Nanaimo, BC, a neighborhood information outlet has discovered extra about these equine stars of the present.

A movie set in Nanaimo.A movie set in Nanaimo.

Scene from the Nanaimo set. The primary season was filmed in Alberta from in 2021/2022, whereas the second season is being filmed in British Columbia till August 2024. (TheLastOfUsHBOseries Reddit)

There may be Jazzway, a chic chestnut, who stars as Shimmer, Ellie’s horse. Jazzway even has a double known as Cinch (one other chestnut, naturally). Then there’s Pimpin, a good-looking bay with a small white star, who performs the equine function of Japan, carrying on his again a season-two character named Dina. The horses are decked out in western tack and are seen in photographs having fun with a hay break by their trailer.

The present’s animal coordinator, Quentin Schneider, who operates Schneider Livestock Inc., admitted to the Nanaimo Information Bulletin that Jazzway’s – who additionally appeared in Jurassic World Dominion – most well-known riders had been Robert Redford and Chris Pratt.

“They’re fairly good animals. The horses are higher than individuals,” Schneider advised the outlet. “All of them have regular ranch jobs, then there’s coaching. They be taught to put down, they learn to go from A to B, they learn to do all types of stuff.”



The age of the horse’s exhibits their expertise with Jazzway being 20 and Pimpin clocking in at 16 years of age. Solely Cinch is a relative teen at eight years previous.

No phrase on whether or not the horses had any diva calls for like peeled carrots or apple-flavoured water!

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