Sure, but that isn't all casting directors though. Some directors will even tell the casting director that they don't want famous faces as they feel the recognizability will take away from the story or a audience will typecast the role so to speak, like assume who is a good guy, bad guy etc.
So I don't disagree that of course "hollywood" likes to cast like that often, that doesn't mean all directors, studios, casting directors etc all actually seek that or look for that or something. If anything, that happening there, doesn't mean it should be in gaming btw.
I want the character to look like what ever the artist had in mind, not a company looking to just bank by having a bunch of instagram models in the game to sell, sell, sell lol
So I agree with you that such a thing happens, but its not an excuse to keep that practice alive in another medium trying to justify it here or something.
@Yoboman is correct on this one, its developers discretion as it should always been. I get it happens in hollywood a lot, but lots of shit happens there that I don't think we should be supporting, backing or continuing in gaming. As an artist myself, when I make a character in a story in terms of art, I'm focused on how that person looks like in my mind, not based on marketing to tictok or instagram or making them look like fashion models.
I want the reader to believe this is a real world thing happening, not a fucking picture of a CW show lol For me personally, that shit in hollywood takes me out of it and I prefer method acting and casting to fit a role and idea vs "pretty" for the sake of it to sell tickets or some shit.
So I get it, someone that looks like this would be considered ugly by many and many would argue some "agenda" if Naughty Dog made someone look like this as a character, but the film Monster's job was to sell you on this persons life and the role of the character, not to fucking selling you make up, porn, fashion shit etc
Same actor, different roles, different goals.
Have a good one.