The actor who plays the leader of the Firefly series in The Last of Us is confirmed to be the voice actor of the game

According to foreign media IGN, the cast of HBO's live-action series "The Last of Us" is being finalized. Merle Dandridge, the actor who voiced Marlene in the game "The Last of Us", will also star in the live-action series "The Last of Us", also playing the role of Marlene.

In The Last of Us, Marlene is the leader of the Fireflies, a militia fighting military oppression and searching for a vaccine to combat the Cordyceps fungus that caused the apocalypse.

Merle Dandridge has extensive experience in acting in TV series. She has starred in the HBO series "The Flight Attendant", and has appeared in TV series such as "The Night Shift", "Greenleaf Family", "Girl in the Wind", etc. She also voiced Alyx Vance in "Half-Life 2".

Considering that the first season of The Last of Us is adapted from the game, Marlene may play an important role in the series, although game director Neil Druckmann once said that some plots of the live-action series will "deviate significantly" from the game plot.

The live-action series "The Last of Us" is produced by HBO, co-created by Craig Mazin ("Chernobyl"), Caroline Strauss ("Game of Thrones") and game director Neil Druckmann, and directed by Kantemir Balagov ("The Tall Man") and others. Pedro Pascal plays the survivor Joel, and Bella Ramsey plays the 14-year-old orphan Ellie. The show may officially start shooting on July 5, 2021 and wrap up on June 8, 2022.