The director of photography for HBO's The Last of Us series has shared some behind-the-scenes photos and images from the much-loved third episode, "Long Long Night." Eben Bolter shared an incredible and fascinating look into the gripping and emotional episode, confirming, among other details that HBO basically built an entire town for the episode. One of Bolter's images also shows the precise latitude and longitude of the much-talked about scene claiming to be "10 miles west of Boston." Because of those specific geopositioning details, we know that this scene was not actually filmed anywhere near Boston. In fact, based on the coordinates that Bolter provided in one of the behind-the-scenes images, we can see it was filmed in Kananaskis, AB, Canada, near the Sheep River Falls. It's an absolutely gorgeous, tranquil, and serene place, but it's not near Boston. In reality, the scene was filmed more than 2,000 miles west of Boston. Locals shared some excellent memes about the Boston geography and the scenes lack of Dunkin' Donuts, and even Stephen King weighed in. While Episode 3 might not have nailed Boston perfectly, it did contain a post-apocalyptic Cumberland Farms, and there isn't much more quintessential New England than that. Continue Reading at GameSpot
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