Ashley Johnson is best known for playing Ellie in the video game version of The Last of Us (and its sequel), but she also got a chance to make an appearance in the season finale of the HBO show as Ellie’s mom, Anna.
She even noted on the official The Last of Us podcast that she cried when Neil Druckmann called her about it.
Johnson talked more about the opportunity and what it meant to be in this world once again but from a different viewpoint.
Johnson also told The Hollywood Reporter that she had theories of why Ellie was immune, but decided to focus more on the relationships in the show.