After the success of Max adding ASL to some of its biggest movies, the latest addition to receive an ASL edition is a first for one of its original shows. The Last of Us returns April 13, but starting March 31, deaf/hard of hearing fans can rewatch the entire first season with an ASL interpreter: CODA star, Daniel Durant.
As revealed by IndieWire, not only will Season 1 have an ASL version, but ASL for Season 2 will air day-and-date when it becomes available for everyone else. Durant and director Leila Hanaumi will be the performers for Season 2.
“We always rely on captions, but they’re always in English grammar structure, and having the concept of adding a deaf interpreter there just makes it a clearer message,” Durant told IndieWire via an interpreter. “It gives us expanded ideas and meanings, and then we as deaf people get to understand the meanings behind it, using our own language and seeing it on the screen. It makes it even more accessible to us and so much more special.”