The highly anticipated HBO series The Last of Us reportedly cast Nico Parker as Sarah. She'll be working alongside It has been earlier announced that HBO had cast Pedro Pascal as Joel, Sarah's father in the Series.

Parker is a British actress best known for her role in Disney's live-action adaptation of Dumbo. Parker is fairly new to the acting game but audiences seem to have high hopes for the teenager. In her next project Reminiscence, she'll be starring opposite her real-life mother Thandie Newton.

The Last of Us has been in development for quite some time now. Deadline reported that Parker is the latest addition to what seems to be an already great cast. In the mix is also Bella Ramsey who'll be playing Ellie, Gabrel Luna as Tommy, and Merle Dandridge who'll be reprising her role as Marlene.

The HBO project is a joint collaboration of Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann. Both of which will be adapting events from the game. Kantemir Balagov will direct the pilot episode of the show. Jasmila Žbanić and Ali Abbas are also set to direct episodes of the series.

The show is scheduled to begin filming in the next month. Fans of the game simply cannot wait to see these characters in live-action. Hopefully, it won't be a disaster much like other video game adaptations. Check out this earlier article to see who we originally wanted to join the cast. Just be wary of clickers!

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