HBO has in the works a TV series based on the hit video game The Last of Us with Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey starring in the lead roles. Directly inspired by the storyline of the original video game, the series follows Pascal as Joel, a hardened survivor and smuggler-for-hire tasked with escorting a teenage girl, Ellie (Ramsey), across a mutant and marauder-filled wasteland. Filming previously wrapped on the series and it is expected to arrive on HBO in 2023.
In a new interview with USA Today, Ramsey opened up on playing Ellie in The Last of Us. She revealed that she has not played the original game, and this was at the behest of the show’s producers. Ramsey also commented on the year-long shoot for the series and shared what Pascal told her in a note he’d given her after filming.
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The Last of Us Hasn’t Prepared Bella Ramsey for a Real-Life Apocalypse
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She might be playing an apocalypse survivor in a fictional TV show based on a video game, but Bella Ramsey doesn’t consider herself valuable in the event of a real-life apocalypse. When asked about potential survival tips, the actress had this to say.
But that’s not what will happen to Ramsey’s Ellie in The Last of Us, as seen in the teaser trailer recently released by HBO. You can take a peek at that teaser for an early look at Ramsey and Pedro Pascal in the series before it arrives on HBO in 2023.
