The actress Ellen Page has accused the developer Naughty Dog of copying her image in her latest video game, The Last of Us.
The protagonist of the game, Ellie, who fights to survive in a world where nature has rebelled against man, bears a great resemblance to the Canadian actress. This has not gone down well with Page since she stars together with William Dafoe in another of the great titles of the moment, Beyond: Two Souls, developed by Quantic Dreams.
Over time, the video game industry has achieved greater realism in the characterization of its characters. The big developers no longer only have great actors from the big screen to give voice to video game characters, but such is the progress in graphics that the actors themselves are present in video games. This is the case of the actress Ellen Page (Juno), and the actor William Dafoe (The Chosen Ones), who star in one of the titles from the developer Quantic Dreams, Beyond: Two Souls.
However, in the case of Ellen Page, the actress has become the protagonist of another important title this year in the world of video games without her wanting it. The actress bears a great resemblance to the protagonist of The Last of Us, the latest title from Naughty Dog.
According to The Verge, Page has lashed out at the developer for using his image for the game without permission. Through a response raised by a user on Reddit about whether she was aware of her great resemblance to Ellie, the protagonist of The Last of Us, Page assured that she was not happy with being her supposed source of inspiration. .
“I guess I should be flattered that my image was ripped off. But I’m actually acting for a video game called Beyond: Two Souls, so I don’t like it,” the actress said on Reddit.
For its part, the developer Naughty Dog assured at the time that the resemblance of the protagonist of The Last of Us with Ellen Page was a “complete coincidence”. The Last of Us presents an apocalyptic world where nature seems to grow out of control and spread wildly across the globe. The expansion of nature has generated chaos in cities around the world, which present scenarios of absolute devastation. In this context of destruction, humans must fight for their survival, with strange creatures resulting from the mutation of nature and with other humans who will become obstacles to life.