Comparison of actors from The Last of Us series with their original prototypes from the video game (12 photos)

The first season of The Last of Us was critically acclaimed and the majority of the audience. The rating on IMDb was - 9.1, and on Kinopoisk - 8.2. So it's safe to say that "The Last of Us" is the main serial premiere in 2023. For those who are not in the know, we recall that the series was released based on the video game of the same name, the first part of which in total received more than 240 awards in the nomination "Game of the Year". Many players, without exaggeration, call the first "The Last of Us" the real masterpiece, so the film adaptation immediately caused a very big concerns. As it was already with "The Witcher", "House of the Dragon" and "Rings of power", the casting scandal was unavoidable. After all some of the actors looked drastically different from their originals prototypes. Well, let's make our own comparison and see how well the kaksting-managers coped with their task.

Ellie Bella Ramsay as Ellie





Bella Ramsay caused a real flurry of emotions among the public. A significant part of the fans of the game believes that Bella's appearance is completely not suitable for the role of Ellie. She's not as pretty as the original character. But at the same time, others said that Bella's acting deserves a standing ovation.

So what is more important: external resemblance or acting talent?

Joel Miller/ Pedro Pascal as Joel



Sarah Miller/Nico Parker as Sarah





Another significant discrepancy between the appearance of the heroines of the game and series. Despite the fact that the girls do not look like the word at all, in The series gave Sarah more screen time and revealed her best.

Also pleasantly surprising is the meticulousness in reproducing the details of the appearance. characters, and it's not just Sarah. Clothing, accessories, some minor details - all this the creators did not disregard.

Tommy/ Gabriel Luna as Tommy



Tess Anna Torv as Tess



Marlene/ Merle Dandridge as Marlene



Interesting fact: the role of Marlene was played by the actress who voiced game character. Merle also participated in the filming of the capture of facial expressions for Marlin in the game. That's probably why these two girls, real and virtual, so similar.

Bill Nick Offerman as Bill



The story of Bill and Frank caused a very ambiguous impression and among the spectators, and among the fans of the game. Let's just say, according to the rating of the aggregator Metacritic, this particular episode failed miserably (more than two times compared to the previous two series), despite the fact that he quite interesting reveals these two characters.

Riley Storm Reid as Riley



David/Scott Shepherd as David



Henry/ Lamar Johnson as Henry



Sam/ Keyvonn Woodard as Sam



Maria Rutina Wesley as Maria



Maria is the wife of Tommy, brother of Joel, and also one of the key characters, as we see, in the series is significantly different from its own game prototype. But the network seems to have become accustomed to such cardinal changes, so they just sighed, raised their hands a little to heaven, but they accepted Mary like this, and what else remains.