
The shows you're talking about typically fail because they don't stick to the source material when it comes to the writing. People are more likely to watch the show if they're familiar with the actors. "Oh, that's show is based on a video game." "I've seen that actor in this movie before."

"I've seen that actor somewhere, but I can't remember" "Oh, that show is based on a video game." Imagine if they cast actors who looked like Joel and Ellie, but they are barely recognizable to a casual audience.

With the budget being $10m - $15m per episode, they're going to need as many eyes on the product as possible, and one of the ways to do this is to cast actors people are familiar with. Knowing this fact, you have to advertise to the casual audience and not the fans of the series because they only make up a small portion of the audience. Given her immunity, Ellie originally held out hope the world could be restored, that humanity could be saved through a cure, and she was the key to unlocking that reality.This series is trying to expand the franchise over to the casual audience, which means the majority of the people who watch this TV series are those who did not play the game at all. One of the most shocking scenes from The Last of Us: Part 2 happened early in the game, when Abby killed Joel.īy saving her, Joel strips Ellie of what she sees as her purpose: to save humanity from the virus. Did Ellen Page voice Ellie?Įllie was motioned captured and voice acted by actress Ashley Johnson (The Avengers, Much Ado About Nothing.) Page motioned captured and voice acted for Quantic Dream’s Beyond: Two Souls, where she plays Jodie Holmes, a young troubled woman. They will take on the roles of Ellie and Joel in the forthcoming drama.

Game of Thrones actors Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal – who also stars in Disney’s Star Wars spinoff The Mandalorian – have been cast in HBO’s television adaptation of blockbusting video game series The Last of Us. Who is playing Ellie in The Last of Us series? Developer Naughtydog did change the look of the character making her younger and to reflect Ashley Johnson, the actress playing Ellie. With the famous actress on board, “Beyond: Two Souls” deliberately made its title character look like Page. The game Page is voicing is also for Sony.
