Merle Dandridge joins HBO's 'The Last of Us' in return to video game role

May 28 (UPI) -- Merle Dandridge has been cast in HBO's upcoming adaptation of PlayStation video game series The Last of Us, where she will reprise her role as Marlene. Marlene is the head of the Fireflies, a resistance movement. Dandridge portrayed the character in 2013's The Last of Us for the PlayStation 3 and in 2020's The Last of Us Part II for the PlayStation 4.