Ellie’s character model in the game is clearly based on Elliot Page before he transitioned. Go watch Juno, the resemblance is uncanny. Elliot won’t do it for obvious reasons so they had to get a replacement.

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    3 days ago

    The obvious reason of course being that he is wealthy. I can’t imagine any serious, hungry actor would turn down a significant and meaningful role just because it required playing cross gender.