The Last of Us in July, the series has added another member to its cast. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Merle Dandridge, who originally played Marlene in The Last of Us video game series, has now signed on to reprise the character once again for the HBO series. For anyone who hasn’t played the game series, Marlene is the leader of the resistance group, the Fireflies, as well as being the character who initiates the plot as she is the one who asks Joel to smuggle Ellie across the United States. Dandridge, so far, is the only actor from the game series to reprise their role for the TV series as Pedro Pascal (