Whos your daddy, now?
Brunch|April 13, 2024
They may be fictional but these 10 on-screen fathers are the real heroes
Sneha Krishnan
Whos your daddy, now?

1 Joel, The Last Of Us (2023-) Pedro Pascal is Joel. And Ellie (Bella Ramsey) isn't even his daughter. She's just a girl who must be transported to a unit that's fighting the zombie apocalypse. And yet, Joel and Ellie have a prickly, silly, friendship marked by trust and love. There are lessons: How to aim at a zombie head, when to stay quiet, how to stop laughing at a bad joke. And there's a secret that can rip them apart.

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