2013’s acclaimed The Last of Us nearly had DLC that would have introduced Ellie’s mom. This never happened, and game director Neil Druckmann discussed this in an interview that also includes spoilers about the HBO TV series.
Speaking to Variety, Druckmann said Ellie’s mother, Anna, will appear in the HBO series late in the first season. Ashley Johnson, who played Ellie in the video game, will portray Anna.
“I had written a short story after we had shipped the game already. It was supposed to be an animated short, but it fell apart and didn’t come to be,” Druckmann said. “There was a moment where we almost made it as DLC, but it fell apart.”