The Last of Us: The Double Portion Ellie and Joel – these roles are played by Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker in the HBO series

• The series adaptation of “The Last of Us” sticks closely to the video game, only the cast has been (almost) completely replaced.
• However, there was also room in the series for some of the regular cast members.
• Netzwelt reveals when and where you will see Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker again.

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HBO’s “The Last of Us” may be the first adaptation of the video game of the same name, but actors were used in the making of the PlayStation hit to lend the characters their looks and voices. All of the roles have been recast except for Firefly leader Marlene (Merle Dandridge), but Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker, who played Ellie and Joel in the game, return in new roles in the series.

Both appearances don’t expect you until the end of the first season, so you haven’t missed either Baker or Johnson. In addition, both actors are hard to miss, as their roles are not guest appearances, but important figures.

So you’ll see Ashley Johnson as Ellie’s mother, a character who never appeared in the video game. Game creator Neil Druckmann once wrote a short story about Ellie’s mother that would be made into an animated short film. Now that idea has been used for the series instead.

Troy Baker takes on the role of James, who you may also know from the video game. He is a member of the cannibal group that Ellie encounters while Joel recovers from an injury.

At least with Ellie’s mother, it’s possible that we’ll see her again in flashbacks in future seasons. Incidentally, Jeffrey Pierce, who played Joel’s brother Tommy in the video game, also appears in the series. As Perry, a rebel soldier, you even see him in several episodes.