This seems to be the norm in Hollywood these days. HBO’s live-action series ‘The Last of Us’ (The Last of Us) today released a series of character posters (1), confirming that Sarah, played by star Nico Parker, will go black.
In the first game settings, Sarah is a white boy with blond hair and blue eyes. Although the true identity is still unknown, in the game, when the plague officially broke out, Joel led Sarah to escape, but she was shot by the soldiers as an infected person, resulting in her death, which also led to the cold-blooded personality by Joel , This is the origin of the whole story.
If you look at the actors themselves, Nico Parker is a white director Ol Parker And the daughter of black actor Thandie Newton, Thandie Newton has African ancestry. So Nico Parker can really be considered a person of color, she has already starred in the live-action version of ‘Dumbo’. But obviously in this poster, her black identity is obviously more emphasized.
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And Joel’s daughter isn’t the only character whose race has been changed: In this live-action series, the protagonist Joel is played by Chilean Pedro Pascal, and Joel’s younger brother is played by Mexican Gabriel Luna. to the Latins.
The live-action series “The Last of Us” will begin streaming on HBO MAX on January 15th.
