According to a cinematographer working on HBO’s The Last of Us, the word “zombie” was banned from the set of the TV series. Eben Bolter, who is responsible in part for the show’s absolutely stunning visual imagery, said in an interview that the word “zombie” was banned on set because The Last of Us universe doesn’t have zombies–the humanoid enemies are instead known as Infected.

“It’s not a cliché zombie movie, it’s not Hollywood backlit where everyone’s close-up is perfect. It’s a world of organic cinematic naturalism, and that’s something I could just feel,” Bolter told The Credits. “We weren’t allowed to say the ‘Z word’ on setVenir de Tragamonedas Gratis Online. It was like a banned word. They were the Infected. We weren’t a zombie show.”