20 Actors Who Were So Beloved Voicing Characters, They Were Then Cast In The Live-Action Adaptations

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9. Ashley Johnson, who voiced and did the motion capture for Ellie in The Last of Us video games, played Ellie's mom Anna in the Season 1 finale.

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Speaking about playing Ellie's mom — one of the most beautiful full circle moments in a live-action adaptation, in my opinion — Ashley said, "I've been talking about this where usually when a video game is adapted to screen, the voiceover actors or motion capture artists aren’t brought into the fold. So, I got a text from Neil [Druckmann], and he said, 'Craig [Mazin] and I have been talking, and we would love, would you like to play Ellie's mom?' And, of course, just projectile tears."

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