The Last Of Us' Ashley Johnson Had Ellie's Mom's Note In Her Pocket On The Show
Aside from introducing one of the most interesting and frustrating debates in video game history to an entirely new audience, HBO's The Last Of Us finale also introduced us to Ellie's mom, Anna. Anna is never shown in the games, only referenced via a letter. Ashley Johnson, Ellie in the games and Anna in the show, used that letter to remind her of the character's history.
Johnson didn't just return to the game to re-read the letter and remind herself of what it said. The actor went one very big step further than that. “There's a letter that Anna writes that Ellie keeps in her backpack. And I wrote that letter out and just kept it in my pocket as kind of a reminder to myself of where this character came from,” Johnson told Deadline.
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To think that a physical copy of the only connection Ellie has to her mom in the game is in Anna's pocket in the show is pretty special. Especially if you have played the game and read the letter. It has clearly been written after Ellie's been born and Anna has been bitten, knowing she has just hours to live. Perhaps in the show, the letter was written at some point between Anna giving birth and Marlene showing up with the other Fireflies.
Spoilers ahead if you haven't watched the finale, but reading the letter might well make you feel better about Joel's decision, something that is being fiercely debated all over again right now. Anna tells Ellie she doesn't trust anyone in the world to take care of her more than Marlene, yet 14 years later, she's the one who is ready to let surgeons cut into Ellie's brain and kill her in the hope it will result in a cure for the cordyceps infection.
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