While Sony’s newest game The Last of Us has been getting great reviews, actress Ellen Page isn’t so happy with it. Page used a Reddit AMA session to vent about the similarities between herself and The Last Of Us heroine Ellie.
“I guess I should be flattered that they ripped off my likeness, but I am actually acting in a video game called Beyond Two Souls, so it was not appreciated,” she said in a post {link no longer active} on Reddit about the Naughty Dog title.
Naughty Dog said in response that they toned down Ellie’s likeness to Page between reveal and launch, though it wasn’t out of concern for the likeness. Creative director Neil Druckmann said the change down was made to better reflect the actress playing Ellie, Ashley Johnson. “After delving further into the game’s narrative over the past few months, we decided to modify Ellie’s model to better reflect Ashley’s personality, and also resemble a slightly younger teen more fitting to the story,” said Druckmann last May.
Source: GamesIndustry International
