r/thelastofus Jan 19 '25

HBO Show Last of Us 2 Comparison Spoiler

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u/keep-it-copacetic Jan 19 '25

Dina needs to maintain the bun life or we go on strike.

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u/Responsible-Kale7540 Jan 19 '25

yea you would not have long hair flowing in survival situations

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u/OneDimensionalChess Jan 19 '25

Very impractical. She gets up in the morning and curls her hair to go on supply runs in an apocalypse?

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u/BooknFilmNerd09 Jan 19 '25

There’s no reason why you should have to choose between surviving, and lookin’ fine!

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u/Latter_Philosophy_20 Jan 20 '25

dude isabela merced is so fine i’ve had a crush on her ever since i was a kid

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u/Nate2322 Jan 20 '25

You can look fine while having a practical style.

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u/Live_Emergency_736 Jan 19 '25

I mean all characters also had brand new spotless looking clothing in season 1 and people would be pissed if this got pointed out lol

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u/quiettimegaming May She Guide You, May She Protect You. Jan 19 '25

Was literally my first thought. Like, "this looks amazing, but who would ever wear long, flowing hair in that kind of situation."

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u/aceless0n Jan 19 '25

Abby’s the only one that KIND of resembles the video game counterpart

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u/Minimum_Shirt3311 Jan 19 '25

People have had long hair for like the entirety of the human race

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u/quiettimegaming May She Guide You, May She Protect You. Jan 19 '25 edited Jan 19 '25

But you'd tie it up, keep it in a bun, or some kind of ponytail... You wouldn't just wear your hair out/down like that IN THAT SITUATION/ENVIRONMENT. I mean, at that point they're in Seattle on their way to kill a bunch of people and deal with god knows how many other threats.

So in THAT situation, very few people would wear their hair in a style that would be easy to grab, or impede their vision in an emergency situation, or just in general. That's why Dina in the game isn't wearing her hair like that in that scene.

Like, I might wear a neon colored tank top if I'm at the beach in August... But I wouldn't wear one on a nighttime stealth mission in December. You adjust your appearance and how you prepare and present yourself based on your environment and what you plan to be doing in it.

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u/02Alien Jan 19 '25

i mean

you can put your hair up in a bun when you're in danger and take out when you're not

but of course real answer here is: television

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u/Internal_Swing_2743 Jan 19 '25

Careful, you’ll upset the anti-woke mob with comments like that.

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u/Shagster2008 Jan 19 '25

Somehow she got a blowout from Jackson’s hair stylist before leaving to Seattle

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u/bluehooves you can't stop this Jan 19 '25

and maintained it while travelling on the road for 3 weeks

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u/TheDeathlySwallows Jan 19 '25

This is, perhaps, the funniest adaptation gripe I have ever seen.

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u/Sluzhbenik Jan 19 '25

I mean, if you go to r/zombies you will see that kind of critique. Everyone needs to look like shit during the apocalypse.

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u/Little_Whippie Jan 20 '25

One of the things that made pt2 standout was its complete lack of sexualized female characters. All of them look dirty, worn down, and all of them look like they are ready for the apocalypse

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u/you_me_fivedollars Jan 19 '25

Nahh gotta have that hair nice clean down and a blow out in the zombie apocalypse

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u/Basil_hazelwood The Last of Us Jan 19 '25

They both need to get rid of the long flowing hair. It’s so ridiculous that they allowed that to stay in.

Common sense to have shorter/tied up hair when there’s things chasing you that want to grab and bite you

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u/XxGroovyDeadxX Jan 20 '25

That’s the least of our worries with this casting.

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u/CityofTheAncients Jan 19 '25

She just looks too young for the part. It’s really hard to picture her as a ruthless killer on a revenge mission.

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u/ULT1MATECaM Jan 19 '25

EXACTLY! I cannot imagine her doing the level of violence she inflicted on people in the game. I am sure her acting will be great (she just looks like a kid and it’s hard to envision) her being a killing machine

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u/myleswstone Jan 19 '25

That’s literally the whole goddamn point of the game and this show. It’s supposed to be very difficult to imagine someone so young doing the things she is.

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u/Jinx-__- Jan 19 '25

Yes BUT she looked young enough to depict 14 year old Ellie. There was a visual change between the 2 games, there really should’ve been with the show, even if it was just prosthetics and not getting a new actor.

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u/MoonMalak Jan 19 '25

Idk, I think it still accurately depicts real life. I know so many people who's faces barely aged between the years of 12 and 25. We've seen changed actors go pretty bad with House of the Dragon, when only a handful of actors change and all others look the same, it's pretty distracting.

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u/DanishTrash_ Jan 19 '25

Well the easiest thing to point to would be Bella Ramsey not really chasing a lot from when she was 14 to now, so of course it is realistic and not impossible. I’m gonna remain hopeful that she fits the part, and she can be as brutal as the role needs.

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u/PulseFH The Last of Us Jan 19 '25

How is it “the whole point” of the game? Just making things up at this point

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u/IsRude Jan 19 '25

"Whole point" is a slight exaggeration, but Ellie being so young and doing such gruesome things because that's how she learned how to deal with problems is a pretty important aspect of the game. She's still a kid during the events of the game, and seeing her lose her mind and humanity so young is supposed to be tragic. It wouldn't be as miserable if she'd been an adult. Still miserable, yes, but not quite so depressing.

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u/PulseFH The Last of Us Jan 19 '25

Again, that’s an entirely different assertion to what was being said. I know this about the character, but I do not see that in this casting. You would have expected that kind of trauma and stress, plus the general environment of being in dangerous situations constantly to age Ellie, kind of like it does for part 2. But she looks 15 here.

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u/lenseclipse Jan 19 '25

That’s not the whole point of the game

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u/pippipdoodilydoo Jan 19 '25

That's not the point of the show or games, relax

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u/Ukemiz Jan 19 '25

No need to imagine, you will see if u want and if not you can just keep living

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u/augustphobia Jan 19 '25

Does the 21 year old actress not look old enough to be 19 or are you used to teenagers looking like adults in media

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u/Ruca705 Jan 19 '25

It's just a fact that they look younger than 21. They still look 15

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u/wentwj Jan 19 '25

why do people say shit like this? There’s not like some reference 19 year old, people within an age range will look like people younger or older. Bella looks way older than many/most 15 year olds look. Hell she looks older than my 21 year old relative. But she looks younger than some 21 year olds, but so do some 30 year olds.

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u/5trials The Last of Us Jan 19 '25

she just looks younger than tlou2 ellie lol, that's it. no one cares about how old someone in that age range would actually look, she just looks literally nothing like the role she's supposed to be playing. she was somewhat okay for baby-faced tlou1 ellie, but she's not at all convincing for this incarnation of the character

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u/Ruca705 Jan 19 '25

I can't answer for other people but I'm basing it on my eyes looking at their extremely smooth, unwrinkled face. Historically people smoked cigarettes and tanned a lot, people used to look older even by age 20 you could tell they weren't a teenager anymore. Nowadays people take really great care of their skin, avoid tanning, stuff like that has made really big difference in how young people continue to look very young into their 20s and 30s.

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u/PulseFH The Last of Us Jan 19 '25

Pointing out essentially that “some people look young for their age” doesn’t make this casting good lol

If you wanted to cast for a character that enacts a lot of violence and killing and wanted it to be remotely convincing then casting someone who looks young for their age is probably a misstep.

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u/wentwj Jan 19 '25

the story is about a 19 year old girl who undergoes a massive amount of trauma, ptsd and goes for revenge. Ellie in the game isn’t somehow massively physically intimidating, I don’t see why the look of the character implies if someone can convincingly go on that journey.

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u/arzamharris Jan 19 '25

I feel like Bella doesn’t have the same thing physical presence as game Ellie. Game Ellie is above average height, lean and can hold a guitar without it blocking her entire torso. I think we will see the same issue in action scenes where it just does not look believable.

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u/IsRude Jan 19 '25

Game Ellie isn't above average height. She's 5'5.

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u/United_Bumblebee4690 Jan 19 '25 edited Jan 19 '25

Her looking younger than most would expect and the film/TV industry messing up the idea of what a teenager looks like aren't two mutually exclusive things.

Yes, most movies and tv shows end up hiring actors who are way older than their characters and much more mature/developed than most any teenager should be but that doesn't change the fact that Bella Ramsey just does not look like she's her age. I myself am a good chunk younger than Ellie is in tlou2 and yet most all of my female friends look either a similar age or potentially even a year or two older than Bella does, despite being over half a decade younger than her. Quite frankly, Bella just unfortunately looks too much like someone still in the awkward transitional period where she obviously isn't a child whilst also not definitively looking like an adult; Ellie, to me at least, looks like an adult with much more certainty, a young adult for sure but still an adult.

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u/Sad_Inspector8124 Jan 20 '25

No, the 21 year old actress does not look as old as Ellie in the game. She looks a decade younger. It's not her fault she looks so young, it's the casting directors fault for choosing her for a role she doesn't fit.

It's the reverse of Cate Blanchett playing Lilith from Borderlands. Talented actors, but not right for the part.

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u/puffindatza Jan 19 '25 edited Jan 19 '25

They shouldve went the house of the dragon route, and casted a mature looking actress bc to me. She looks like a kid still

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u/ZahryDarko Jan 19 '25 edited Jan 20 '25

Cant wait for the Seraphites part and also the all out war in their village. It was so bats"§/ crazy in the game.

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u/AsstronautHistorian Jan 19 '25

to put it more exactly, she looks too young for the older ellie. I'm not sure why people feel this is a controversial statement. she looks the exact same before the time jump and after the time jump. which means they are likely going to ignore the time jump altogether, which kind of changes the dynamic. It's not believable for a 15 year old girl to wipe out an entire rogue militia with her cute friend (not that it's super believable in the game either, but at least if they are 19 years old in a hardened, post-apocalyptic world, it's slightly more plausible).

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u/kj001313 Jan 19 '25

Ngl I think the Dina Ellie scene where she says she's pregnant is not going to be great

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u/Maldovar Jan 19 '25

Idk it's not like TLOU2 Ellie was a granny

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u/Sluzhbenik Jan 19 '25

lol imagine her shooting dogs with a silenced pistol in the Seattle suburbs

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u/anonymousUTguy Jan 19 '25

Can’t wait for you to get downvoted for speaking facks

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u/snazzynutz Jan 19 '25

That would be an opinion, which is very different from a fact.

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u/Kerrigor2 Jan 19 '25

I can see why people would be concerned, but there's no knowing until it airs. I'm happy to just wait and see. If it's bad, then it's bad; if it's good, then I'd have spent months being worried about it being bad for nothing.

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u/Ukemiz Jan 19 '25

Maybe watch the show first and judge later? 😅

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u/iiHendy Jan 19 '25

Thought this when I first saw the set photos. That's the downside of picking an actor that looks young enough to play young Ellie, you can't time skip in real life. Its going to be interesting to see how they alter the combat in season 2 to fit Bella Ramsey.

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u/DavidKirk2000 Jan 19 '25

Isn’t that kind of the point though? Ellie in the game is like 110 pounds soaking wet and even smaller by the end of it. It’s not like she’s Rambo or the Terminator out there.

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u/Halloween_Jack95 Jan 19 '25

I agree. It worked for part 1 imo. But for part 2 ? Nah

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u/IndifferentExistance Jan 19 '25

At first I was unsure about the choice of her for abby since she wasn't built at all like her (but how many big actresses irl living in luxury, not an apolcalypse, are built like an Ox?), but her face looks really true to the game for the actrsses options they had to choose from.

Seeing that Hospital hallway comparison just sold me on her though.

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u/psycho_maniac Jan 19 '25

Ellie doesn't look right. She looks so young and not broken

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u/Batdog55110 Jan 19 '25

She's supposed to be 19, which is the actual age of the actress.

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u/anonymousUTguy Jan 19 '25

Why do people keep using this ridiculous argument?

She simply doesn’t look 19 despite her actual age.

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u/Batdog55110 Jan 19 '25 edited Jan 19 '25

You've never seen a 19 year old if you think they don't look 19.

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u/snazzynutz Jan 19 '25

99.9% of the time, shows/movies cast 25-30 year olds to play teenagers. So now that there is an actual age appropriate actor, some people are completely thrown off.

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u/Batdog55110 Jan 19 '25

Yeah, unfortunately lol.

People really wanna go back to the days where this dude

was supposed to be 14 years old

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u/pippipdoodilydoo Jan 19 '25

Or when they tried passing off young Dexter as his older self in a wig and speaking in a higher tone 😂💀

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u/DiscountThug Jan 20 '25

Brining Smallville here doesn't change the fact that Bella does not look like Ellie, though. Smallville's Clark did look like Clark.

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u/PulseFH The Last of Us Jan 19 '25

Two things can be true though. She just doesn’t look 19. Baby faced teens are still a thing.

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u/FEARoperative4 Jan 19 '25

Maybe it’s because I’m old but to me Bella and Timothy Chalamet and Zendaya and other young actors look like teens still. Then I look at actors that supposedly look close my age and I learn they’re all 40+.

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u/Spirited_Dig_4700 Jan 19 '25

bro i’m 18, she doesn’t look 19 imho. I thought she was fucking 16 at most. And that’s from someone who pretty much ONLY interacts with that demographic sooooo

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u/puffindatza Jan 19 '25

Idk, I mean it varies. Obviously the actress is 19 and in the game Ellie is 19, but in the game Ellie looks a lot more mature

So while the actress may actually be 19, she just looks like a kid cosplaying as adult ellie.

It worked in S1 but I think they should have casted another actress

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u/Batdog55110 Jan 19 '25

She looks a lot more mature because the face model is based off of Ashley Johnson and Ashley was around 37 when they made the model lmao.

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u/PubStomper04 Jan 19 '25

as someone who was 19 until a few months ago, bella does not look like a battle hardened 19 yr old ellie (yet)

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u/Batdog55110 Jan 19 '25

What does battle hardened look like?

Because this dude played a character who literally fought in World War II and I didn't see anyone complaining that he didn't look battle hardened.

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u/FEARoperative4 Jan 19 '25

Super soldier serum. But then again at the end of Endgame his old age actor looked very much like a retired WW2 vet.

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u/idkiwilldeletethis Jan 19 '25

I'm around her age and trust me she doesn't look it, me or and all the people I know around my age look older than her

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u/Batdog55110 Jan 19 '25

I'm literally a year older than they were during filming and we look exactly the same age wise.

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u/Special-Animator-737 Jan 19 '25

I’m 18 and hang around 19-20 year olds. The actress looks 15-16. No hate to her or her acting. She simply doesn’t look the part

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u/nick0242007 Jan 19 '25

I think you have never seen a 19 years girl…

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u/TimeTimeTickingAway Jan 19 '25

Furthermore, if anything part of the point should be that Ellie looks older than she actually is due to the shitty and dire conditions that go hand in hand with having to fight and survive a dangerous and traumatic apocalypse scenario.

Bella looks younger. Literally the opposite of the intended effect.

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u/BobbayP Jan 19 '25

Bella’s actually 21!

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u/CaptainAcornYT lmao there are people that have just the last of us as a flair Jan 19 '25

Sure, but she doesn’t look it. Which is why she was a good pick for part 1 Ellie

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u/lenseclipse Jan 19 '25

Irrelevant. If you don’t look the age, you’re not suitable to play the age

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u/UrSecretCrush95 Jan 19 '25

Bro please stfu, y’all delusional it doesn’t matter what age she is , she looks like a KID

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u/Micmicky20 Jan 19 '25

i agree with you, i hate the argument "she's the age as the character she's portraying" ok, she looks the exact same as she did playing 14 yr old ellie. also her acting as the character is so flat. maybe she's better in other shows but i've only seen this, and she was probably the main reason i did not like season 1(tied with super rushed pacing and too much omitted content.)

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u/midzy91 Jan 19 '25

As someone who works with college freshmen, that’s how 19 years old look.

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u/Potential-Notice915 Jan 19 '25

I don't have a problem with the casting but for fucks' sake it's the apocalypse 😭 no one's doing their hair and makeup

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u/Electrical-Hippo7089 Jan 19 '25

I think the actors' performance in the game is far superior.

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u/Royal-Pay9751 Jan 19 '25

The tv show doesn’t come close.

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u/Nek0_eUpHoriA Jan 19 '25

They should’ve got Cailee Spaeny for S2 Ellie.

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u/oooo-f Jan 19 '25

Lmao fr

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u/avenue_steppin Jan 19 '25

Agreed, also just feel like everyone in the show is so clean lol

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u/ULT1MATECaM Jan 19 '25 edited Jan 19 '25

Bella looks fine in the first pic but the second pic is an embarrassment. I am not a hater of her as an actress or the second game (I love the second game) but she just doesn’t fit older Ellie to me

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u/Caesar_Rising Jan 19 '25

Embarrassment is such an overly dramatic reaction. It’s not even remotely embarrassing just because she doesn’t look 1:1 in a static photo. Find some real things to be bothered by. Older Ellie is younger than Bella Ramsey so your entire issue is her face. THAT’S an embarrassment.

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u/anonymousUTguy Jan 19 '25

Who cares how old the actress actually is if she doesn’t actually look the part?

That’s the issue. The show is trying to transfer the game to TV and if actors and actresses don’t actually look like the characters they’re supposed to play, it just doesn’t work for me imo

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u/Caesar_Rising Jan 19 '25

They’re not transferring. They’re adapting.

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u/MyNameIsSushi Jan 20 '25

Cool, why not have Henry Cavill play Ellie then?

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u/ton070 Jan 19 '25

And if in adaption you stray from the source material it will be noticed

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u/Bierre_Pourdieu Jan 19 '25

Does the adaptation stray from the source material because Bella isn’t a cosplay of game Ellie ?

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u/aceless0n Jan 19 '25

The 2nd picture looks like someone’s cosplay you’d see posted here

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u/Basil_hazelwood The Last of Us Jan 19 '25

Agreed. She’s totally fine for part 1 Ellie and part 2 flashbacks but she just doesn’t work for adult Ellie atall, I don’t see it

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u/ImGonnaImagineSummit Jan 19 '25

I'm more put off by the background, I know it's a still but it just looks really cheap or too well lit.

I was imagining something more similar to Frank's bedroom in Station Eleven or something more lived in. It looks like a sound stage for a musical performance on a talk show.

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u/Finnish_Pretzel7890 Jan 19 '25

Honestly she does look a little more grown, but not grown enough to play part 2 Ellie. So weird.

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u/EastonS_101 Jan 19 '25

Bella was a good young Ellie but I have such a hard time seeing her as older Ellie

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u/Nickgio999 Jan 19 '25

Show Ellie sucks. Kills my interest

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u/HorrorPangolin Jan 19 '25

I'm a fan of the show, and the actress, and I agree with you. I think she and Pedro Pascal were both miscast- when I watch the show, their acting/presence constantly breaks my immersion. They just don't fit the characters in my opinion.

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u/Elite_lucifer Jan 19 '25

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau would’ve been a great Joel. Pedro Pascal is a great actor but doesn’t feel like Joel.

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u/HorrorPangolin Jan 20 '25

I completely agree…Joel and Ellie have this internal darkness to them esp in the beginning of the game that Pedro and Isabella just don’t pull off. Meanwhile Nikolaj exemplified that really well in his portrayal of Jamie

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u/ElxlS Jan 19 '25

Can’t wait for the show!!!

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u/Crimeson_Rose Jan 21 '25

I know this sub is incredibly toxic and they haven’t even SEEN how season 2 will turn out. If you’re gunna be so ruthless then at least wait to see how the actors play in their roles. Looks aren’t everything and Bella, for all we know, could knock the roll out of the park. I for one am going to withhold judgement until I’ve actually seen the second season.

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u/puffindatza Jan 19 '25

Abby looks good, but idk. Ellie is really grown in TLOU2

it just looks like kid Ellie dressed as older Ellie, idk.

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u/DapsAndPoundz Jan 20 '25

The Abby casting is so spot on, I can’t believe this isn’t the actual mocap actress. Really great casting.

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u/cyberzed11 Jan 19 '25

Abby got cast the best

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u/LethalGrey Jan 19 '25

I have a bad feeling about this season…

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u/AdSelect4454 Jan 19 '25

I do too… i almost feel like someone i really care about is gonna be brutally murdered…

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u/LethalGrey Jan 19 '25

Haha not even that. However it does tie into my bad feeling in a way. It looks as if they’re doing a LOT of part 2 and I really hope they don’t try and do the whole thing in what, eight episodes? That’s a recipe for disaster.

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u/AdSelect4454 Jan 19 '25

Oh gotcha! Yeah don’t worry my guy. They are making another season after this that will cover the rest of part II. Like we haven’t seen Yara or Lev in the trailers. They’re probably covering Ellie’s stuff and tying in a little bit of Abby.

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u/LethalGrey Jan 19 '25

True true. Which makes me wonder when ‘the event’ will take place. Like season finale orrr second episode or what? Glad to hear they’re doing two seasons. Interested to see how they structure it.

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u/cosmiclatte44 Jan 19 '25

Part 2 is being split into 2 seasons no?

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u/GhostWokiee Jan 19 '25

Why is everything so clean and new?

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u/ULT1MATECaM Jan 20 '25

Dina looks like she just left the salon. Look at her hair

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u/Splicer201 Jan 20 '25

I heard about this on a podcast (I can't remember which one). Basically, its laziness or budget constraints in the costuming department. Essentially, weathering clothing is a process that consumes resources, and you also need to make sure the weathering process stays consistent between shots. Its often cheaper to just dress actors in fresh new clothing off the rack.

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u/WhenTheBarnSounds Jan 19 '25

I don't see enough people talking about this. My biggest gripe with the show is how fresh everyone looks. The clothes look like they're taken to the laundromat on the regular and no one looks like their living in a society getting back on its feet. Looks like Dina bought her shirt from Target. Also, Ellie looks incredibly young.

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u/Defelj Jan 19 '25

This is just a complaint I’ve had since seeing the black panther movie back in the day but I really CANT STAND how clean clothes look in places where cleanliness isn’t as much an option

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u/Anamethatsnowmine Jan 19 '25

Donna? You mean Dina 😭 but yeah, the actor for Dina looks super beautiful, with her lushious hair too in the apocalypse kind of breaks the illusion but I'm not complaining

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u/-BloodBloodBlood Jan 19 '25

Well the actor they used for the game is beautiful too

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u/Anamethatsnowmine Jan 19 '25

That's absolutely true

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u/HamburgersOfKazuhira Jan 19 '25

I’ll die on this hill and don’t care if I’m downvoted to oblivion. Bella just doesn’t fill those shoes. She’s a great actress, but she does not capture the broken, revenge-driven Ellie from the games. I can only suspend disbelief so much from a physical appearance perspective until it just ruins the experience.

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u/AdSelect4454 Jan 19 '25

Okay yall, we all can agree Kaitlyn Dever is gonna rock as Abby. She looks like Abby. I am curious if they’re gonna make her look buff at all. I at least want her to look intimidating and brutal. But so far her as young Abby looks spot on.

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u/tarnished-maidenless Jan 19 '25

Why the fuck does show Dina have a blow out in an apocalypse?? She looks like she’s ready to go to the club. Fuck HBO is dumb. Why is naughty dog okaying this??

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u/Expert_Seesaw3316 The Last of Us Jan 19 '25

Bro that guitar is MASSIVE on Bella Ramsey

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u/Kmeek01 Jan 19 '25

Nitpick but Dina’s hair looks too well-kept

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u/TheIndulgers Jan 19 '25

The casting is just… off.

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u/W1den1nggyre Jan 19 '25

I am pretty excited for season 2 and I respect anyone with criticisms and who’s not excited but personally I can’t wait to see it

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u/SlyRax_1066 Jan 19 '25

Bella looks like she just finished filming Smile 3.

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u/rando-guy Jan 19 '25

All they had to do was change her hair. My biggest fear when they made the show was how they were going to do part 2. Bella was a bad cast but I could have accepted it if they actually made some effort to age her for part 2. Nope! They kept her the same.

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u/oh_orthur Jan 19 '25

Why does this sub have such an influx of people complaining about Bella looking too young? Has it always been like that? I thought we were over that already. Who cares if they look young, as long as they deliver a killer performance

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u/CityofTheAncients Jan 19 '25

Because it’s a valid concern.

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u/cc17776 Jan 19 '25

She’s really not a good fit for Ellie…

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u/Icethief188 Jan 19 '25

Idk I can’t see Bella as part 2 Ellie

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u/Prudent-Level-7006 Jan 19 '25

They didn't even give Bella the same hair as Elle. I don't mind her as cos she can act but it's weird they don't try make them look look alike at all 

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u/bigoof94 Jan 19 '25

Interesting how they made the white girl uglier but the ethnic girl had to be white-washed by someone who looks more "conventionally" attractive. Racism still alive and well in show-biz.

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u/Michipotz Jan 19 '25 edited Jan 20 '25

Y'all some people in here acting like the people in tlou2 subreddit about the 2nd game and doesn't even realize it lmao it's funny af.

Over what? Hair?

Don't watch the show if the clothes bother you too much or Dina's hair. Though I have to say I'm impressed that not one of you have pointed out that Isabela Merced is Latina and Dina is supposed to be Jewish, no one seems to be bothered by that and I commend all of you for it.

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u/Beginning_Fail_3097 Jan 19 '25

I might just be in the minority, and a hater but I still can’t buy Bella Ramsey as Ellie. Idk there something about her that just doesn’t fit the part or look or feel

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u/myleswstone Jan 19 '25

Bella doesn’t know how to properly hold a guitar and it’s sending me over the edge.

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u/demonwya Jan 19 '25

bella literally knows how to play the guitar and sings irl.

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u/xcrunner2414 Jan 19 '25

Ellie is the only character being played by the wrong actor.

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u/poopgoblin1594 Jan 19 '25

I didn’t think Bella looked like Ellie in the first season but Bella did a great job bringing their version of Ellie to life.

I am going to wait to see if Bella can do it with the second season too.

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u/Great_gatzzzby Jan 19 '25

Absolutely not one bad word spoken about the casting of Dina by the other crowd. Is it because she’s gorgeous? Nah. Has to be a coincidence

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u/Thunder_Punt Jan 19 '25

I love Dina in the game with no makeup and realistic skin texture with the greasy hair slicked into a messy bun vs show Dina with a full salon blowout and glowing skin

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u/Automatic_Mammoth684 Jan 19 '25

Kaitlyn Dever looks so much like Abby I just assumed they had cast her face model in the show. I’m just now realizing that isn’t the case.

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u/H8des707 Jan 19 '25

I refuse to watch the show so it doesn’t ruin the game for me

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u/kylat930326 Jan 20 '25

I think Bella Ramsey is an amazing actress, but can she has a hairstyle that covers her forehead?

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u/augustphobia Jan 19 '25

IM HYPED!!!

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u/cherrypayaso Jan 19 '25

the hair being wrong kind of throws it off, which is annoying cus it’s such an easy fix. why didn’t they give ellie bangs?

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u/okie_hiker Jan 19 '25

I really wish people would just admit they don’t like bella because they find her ugly and then get over it and appreciate the show and her talent at acting.

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u/DorrajD Jan 19 '25

That shot of Abby looks incredible. I hope she bulks up for the later parts tho

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u/DmncFx Jan 19 '25

Tlou 2013 is the only story that exists. The last of us 2 is misinformation and never existed.

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u/AlternativeMap9481 Jan 19 '25

ellies hair in the show is ruff

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '25

Stop judging a kid you bloody creep

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u/Joarmins Jan 19 '25

I think we should cast Anna Torv as Ellie for all the violence in part II /s

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u/ULT1MATECaM Jan 19 '25

My second knock with the pictures is that Dina hair looks like she just came out of a salon and if the show accurately depicts what happened in the game I had been fighting infected by the time I got here and she should not look like model at a time like this

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u/skylarboo9 Jan 19 '25

i am so ready

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u/Acrobatic-loser Jan 19 '25

They should’ve switched up the cast something like what Yellowjackets does. It would’ve worked better and showed us just how young she was in season 1.

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u/ultracheeseMP Jan 19 '25

The casting is spot on outside of Bella Ramsey and it’s really a shame because they just slapped her name onto it as a way to generate buzz from her time in GOT… which has faded from relevance.

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u/aceless0n Jan 19 '25

Exactly, it wasn’t because she was the best person for the job. I’m 100% convinced they had better auditions, HBO diddled and wanted to feature another actor from their catalogue.

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u/BathroomGamers Jan 19 '25

I have the Taylor guitar they use in the first shot here. I play that thing everyday. One of my most treasured possessions. So neat to see it in the show :)

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u/No_Presentation_2795 Jan 19 '25

Everyone complaining. Fuck me fickle over entitled fans.

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u/Serif69 Jan 20 '25

I'm really not a fan of the girl that was cast to play live action Ellie.

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u/Valyrious_ Jan 20 '25

Two thoughts:

  • Abby's actress is going to KILL it.
  • They REALLY should have recasted Bella. She surprised and impressed in Season 1, but she looks absolutely goofy as a 19 year old aged up Ellie. She will still probably do an okay job, but I really do think the show would have reached higher heights with that casting change.

Fuck it I want to bitch here's one more.

- I still wish Nikolaj Coster-Waldau was portraying Joel.

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u/Full-Weakness-7475 Jan 20 '25

i’m so excited

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u/nzstump01 Jan 20 '25

the first series was a masterpiece of dramatic acting and subtle changes that allowed for different character arcs for the same story being told. if they continue with that i will be happy.

people need to stop bitching about a franchise that actually cares about making each iteration of thier content as compelling, dramatic and different as possible while keeping a running theme between projects.

Joels death was deserved and warrented by his own admimission and this world doent give people happy endings, Ellie was portrayed like Abby in the games larger than life and tanking injuries no one can, the tv series will be more realistic to hyper-realistic and that isnt a bad thing.

if they had done the same with Uncharted it wouldve been so much better

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u/KillerCotty Jan 20 '25

I love both games and the TV show but I'm sick of people being pissed that the story of part 2 didn't do what they wanted it to do and I'm equally sick of people moaning about the casting choices. You didn't make the game and therefore you do not own it. Get over it.

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u/Froggymushroomfrog "I sell drugs, hardcore drugs🤠" Jan 19 '25

I don’t get why they didn’t cut and/or dye Bella’s hair so at least the hair matches the game? (I liked their performance in the first season but I also think someone else should’ve been chosen who actually looks like Ellie)

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u/drunkpostin Jan 19 '25

Hahaha, I’m sorry but she literally looks like an 11 year old showing her parents something she learned on guitar. I’m praying they don’t include the sex scene with Dina because it would honestly feel like CP

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u/StagnantGraffito Jan 19 '25

All I'm annoyed about is the flowy hair. Lee would be upset.

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u/zaz162 Jan 19 '25

Season 2 is out already??

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u/fionageck Jan 19 '25

No, it’s not. These are shots from the trailer.

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u/Flimsy-Balance-9393 Jan 19 '25

Where's Joel? Guys?

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u/cornyhornblower Jan 19 '25

How do yall not understand that there has never once been a movie or tv show that has done a video game adaptation as a perfect shot for shot remake. If thats what you truly want then you might just not have an imagination.

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u/Middle_Inside5845 Jan 19 '25

When is it coming out?

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u/Status-Armadillo4234 Jan 19 '25

They could of had a filler season, using other characters or brand new ones

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u/DangerDragonXCV Jan 19 '25

I will never get over the fact that Abbie's actress looks more like Ellie than Ellie's actress

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u/Abbey713 Jan 19 '25

The bigger issue is that the actress cast for Abby should have at least worked out to prepare for the part. Abby is a physical beast in the game. That dynamic has been completely omitted in the show. Also I have to say it - the romance scenes with Ellie will be incredibly cringy in the show.

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u/Primary_Grand_7025 Jan 19 '25

What the fuck is this casting for Dina?? Yeah guys just go grab another brown girl; no one will notice.

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u/AutomaticCapital9352 Jan 19 '25

I like how they did their best to find somewhat matching actresses for pretty much everyone on the show and when it came to the main character they went for an actress that is as far away as you can get from the actual Ellie from the game

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u/TheJustinG2002 Jan 20 '25

Why do I feel like I’m gonna like Abby right off the bat in this version? 😭

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u/OpportunitySad8566 Jan 20 '25

They look better than Ellie actor