

Hugh Jackman as Joel Hugh "Jack of all trades" Jackman can do it all when it comes to the world of entertainment. Read on or click through the gallery below to see who we picked, and let us know who you would choose for your Joel and Ellie dream cast in the comments! The actress who plays Ellie needs to have that youthful exuberance and curiosity for the early stages of the story, but also be able to shift gears and turn into a scrappy survivor who's not afraid to shoot an arrow through your heart. When we first meet her in the game, she appears to be an average teenager, but as Joel and Ellie encounter new dangers on the road, she becomes just as adept at survival in the wild as he is. Her emotional journey is almost the opposite of Joel's in that respect.

For Ellie, all she's ever known is life in a post-pandemic world, so she's less downtrodden, and even a little naive before she journeys outside of the city walls with Joel. For an actor to portray Joel effectively, he needs to be able to imbue his character with Joel's apathetic outlook on humanity, but also possess the ability to showcase a bit of Joel's softer side when his father-daughter dynamic with Ellie begins to deepen. He's emotionally closed off, not prone to laughter, and he's become accustomed to killing without remorse. After the fungal pandemic kills many of his friends and family, Joel turns into an absolute a**hole. Play After all, Joel is one complicated dude. Not all of these picks will look like Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson's versions of the characters instead, we looked at the talent we're most impressed with and who we think would do an incredible job bringing these characters and their fascinating relationship to life. It's clear the dynamic duo of Druckmann and Mazin are keeping the spirit of the games alive, so we - like so many of our commenters - immediately began speculating: who will play Joel and Ellie in The Last of Us TV show? In the spirit of fan casting, we searched through our favorite shows and movies to spotlight the talent we think can really capture the essence of Joel and Ellie as characters. (Why is the Chernobyl part so exciting? Just ask the IGN readers who voted Chernobyl as the "People's Choice" award winner for the best TV show of 2019.) While there are few details known about what the Last of Us show will be about, Mazin did confirm Ellie will be gay in the series as she is in the game. Game director Neil Druckmann will team up with Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin to bring this live-action adaptation to life.
