It's nothing new every time an adaptation bases its casting choices on something other than looks, fans of the source material aren't happy. One of the more recent controversies has been the online anger about Bella Ramsey being cast as Ellie in "The Last of Us," despite the fact that she looks different from the videogame character. Looking back at it today, there are some clear lessons to learn about casting in adaptations. The film, meanwhile, is not as closely tied to Red's perspective, and Freeman's charisma in the voiceovers helps to smooth things over, preventing the viewer from getting too wrapped up in figuring out how and why Red knows about this or that. It's written specifically from Red's first-person point of view, after all. While most of the same basic plot points happen in the novella, you can see Stephen King struggling at times to explain how Red knows about so much of what's going on with Andy in each part of the story. The movie also benefits from the greater suspension of disbelief afforded by the medium.
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