Kaitlyn Dever
Dever is my personal number one choice for playing Ellie. She might be older than Ellie, but she doesn’t look far off. It’s her recent performances that have me excited though.
First of all, she has the range for playing someone like Ellie. Booksmart, in which Dever played Amy, showed that she has the comedy chops to pull off the sarcastic and witty comments that Ellie often made in the game.
Elsewhere, the fantastic Unbelievable show cemented her place as one of the rising stars of Hollywood (even being nominated as such at this year’s Baftas).
In the Netflix show she’s vulnerable and scared throughout, just as Ellie often is in The Last of Us, and I think Dever would be the perfect choice for the HBO adaptation.
Also, she has ties to Naughty Dog, having played Nathan Drake’s daughter, Cassie, in Uncharted 4.
