Obviously, we’re seeing Ellie in a much darker place. I was so excited to jump into the second game knowing that we were going to explore more of Ellie and see other sides of her - her growth and her flaws. I love this character so much, and I’ve been able to play her for 10 years now. What was it like to return to the character of Ellie after several years and how has your perspective on her evolved over time? Johnson got on the phone with THR ahead of the game’s release to talk about her chemistry with voice actor Shannon Woodward (Dina), how she connected during emotional scenes, and the “freedom” of video game acting. Ultimately, she was excited to breathe life into the character again. “We’re seeing Ellie in a much darker place,” Johnson explains, adding that she had some initial nerves about revisiting the role. Now 19, she has experienced loss, wrestled with confusing romantic feelings, bit her tongue when a bout of jealousy hit, and unleashed everything in her power - both her arsenal of weapons and the “power” of her ferocious determination - to save those she cares for deeply. Not only is the world itself emptier and more desolate than before - with more roaming enemies, traps and concerning letters penned by characters long dead - but Ellie’s journey is even more personal and urgent. In Part II, everything is much, much worse. She was accompanied on her journey by Joel (Troy Baker), a smuggler who lost his own daughter years earlier. In the original game, Ellie was a child navigating a dangerous wasteland of humans infected with a parasitic fungus that transformed them into bloodthirsty zombies. Johnson is returning to the role after seven years with Neil Druckman-directed sequel The Last of Us Part II, which Sony released June 19. “It’s the ultimate because you feel like you’re part of the story,” says Johnson, 36, who made a splash in 2013 when she voiced Ellie in Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic action-survival game The Last of Us. Gaming, the actress says, is actually her favorite form of entertainment. And more than a decade later, she took her talents to motion-capture Triple-A titles.
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Having first graced the screens of cinema and television as a child actor in the Jean-Claude Van Damme action movie Lionheart and family sitcom Growing Pains, Ashley Johnson went on to voice characters in popular cartoons Teen Titans Go! and Ben 10, roles she reprised in video games based on these properties.
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