The Last of Us TV adaptation casts its Riley

HBO and Sony’s The Last of Us television adaptation continues to swell its cast, with Euphoria’s Storm Reid now set to guest star in the role of Ellie’s one-time best friend Riley Abel.

Fans of the game series will know Riley from her 2014 appearance in acclaimed DLC episode The Last of Us: Left Behind, where she was voiced by Yaani King. Here, in a narrative segment set several weeks prior to the events of the main game, Riley reunites with her old friend Ellie, completing a narrative arc begun in comic book prequel The Last of Us: American Dream.

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