Young Mazino recently spoke to The Times about how playing Jesse in “The Last of Us” has further propelled his rising profile in Hollywood. Much like Jesse, youngmazino exudes a quiet, gentle spirit through the screen of a video call. He references the stories of Anton Chekhov, the artistic philosophy of Pablo Picasso and anime like “Jujutsu Kaisen.” (“If ‘Vinland Saga’ existed in this world, Jesse would really f— with that manga” because of its themes, Mazino says.) He’s as game to discuss a dream blunt rotation among the Jackson community members as he is to contemplate the Asian diaspora in a postapocalyptic world. “He’s so chill and mellow,” Bella Ramsey says of their castmate. “I got to know him quite well and he’s so perceptive and so thoughtful about everything. I feel really lucky to have gotten to know him more than just the chill, mellow guy that everyone sees on the surface.” Read more about youngmazino and the latest episode of “The Last of Us” at the link in latimes_ent...