

The two also got to hang out a bit as the show first started its promotion, including at the 2022 Game Awards. This is my absolute favorite franchise & I want this show to work so fucking badly. I mean, there's a little bit of it where it's like Bella kind of feels like my kid." "And also, the first time I met Bella, I was a little taken aback because it felt like I was meeting the real Ellie, like the character coming out of the game. And instantly, when I met Bella, there was this feeling of wanting to protect them," Ashley said in the show's podcast. "There is something so similar that the both of us have. Yes, the two Ellies actually got to connect together during filming! Ashley noted that even though many actors were talked about in casting for the show, "Something didn't ever feel right until Bella." Thread dated: July 17/2016 Rainbowbrite moderator: Could everyone share the pic of the prom dress on social media Might help lead us. "And that even her mother had such a fight to live." Did she get to meet Bella? And it shows how strong Ellie is, of where she came from, and what she had to go through," she said in the post-episode featurette. I’m convinced they used him AcceptableSoft8441 3 mo. ago Joel looks almost identical in some scenes to Dylan Mcdermott. It was the first time I've ever had to do a giving birth scene and it was an incredible day. joel and ellie are original designs, but ND said that they incorporated ashley johnson’s face into ellie’s older 19yo character model so if you think you see some of ashley in ellie that’s why TheManOfKnees 7 mo. "There was a special level of it for me to play the mother of this character that I care so deeply about.

She revealed in the show's podcast that she instantly burst into tears when she was asked to play the role. Ashley also talked about her experience being on the show and filming the finale's big opening sequence.
