Fallout, Arcane Star Ella Purnell On Why She Plans To Avoid More Game Adaptations

Ella Purnell stars on Prime Video's Fallout series and Netflix's League of Legends show Arcane, but don't expect her to sign up for other video game adaptations in the future. She said at a recent convention that she plans to "stay away" from video game adaptations to avoid being typecast as "the video game girl."

"Here's the truth, and I feel guilty saying this, but I'm not a gamer, and I don't know how I've managed to land two video game adaptations that have both been good," she said (via GamesRadar). "I don't know how that's happened, but it has. I don't know the answer."

Purnell went on to say: "I actually think I need to stay away from video game adaptations now, because I'm going to get typecast. I'm going to be the video game girl. There are worse things to be than that, I suppose."

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