In Season 1, a towering 6’6” stuntman donned a slimy, 80-pound suit to play the bloater, only for his performance to be replicated with CGI for the episode. For Season 2, VFX supervisor Alex ...

The bloater is back and better than ever! The biggest and baddest infected monster from “The Last of Us” made his triumphant return from Season 1 in the fiery Jackson battle Sunday night and […] ...

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The highlight of the Bloater action occurs when he encounters Tommy (Gabriel Luna) in an alley with nowhere for the hero to hide. Fortunately, Tommy has a flamethrower, which is like Kryptonite to ...

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 2 of HBO’s “ The Last of Us,” now streaming on Max. The bloater is back and better than ever! The biggest and baddest ...

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 2 of HBO’s “The Last of Us,” now streaming on Max. The bloater is back and better than ever! More from Variety ...

For Season 2, VFX supervisor Alex Wang and his team started creating a new bloater from CGI starting on day one. “That gave us time to prep, understand and design the bloater,” he said.