The Last of Us, a beloved video game, is getting a TV series adaptation. It will premiere on HBO and HBO Max later this month. Furthermore, it will retell the events of Naughty Dog’s 2013 action-adventure game. This video game title has become a big hit thanks to its survival aspect and plot to keep players hooked to their chairs. Meanwhile, the main characters Joel and Ellie made a golden place in everyone’s heart.
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Fans are eagerly looking forward to the upcoming HBO adaptation of this fan-favorite video game. Actors Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey are playing the roles of Joel Miller and Ellie Williams. The Game of Thrones star Ramsey was reluctant of playing Ellie, but she eventually took up the role. Moreover, she also made it into the original game.
Bella Ramsey is now Ellie even in The Last of Us game
The English actress didn’t want to be a key figure in a famous series like The Last of Us. She feared it would catapult her to a place she didn’t want to be in terms of being seen and known. However, the show’s co-creator Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, the latter is also the game’s creator, felt Bella was like the real-world Ellie.
She became even more apprehensive as a result of the negative feedback from the fanbase. Many hardcore fans disliked the actress even before watching the episode since she did not resemble Ellie. But what kept her going was the thought, “Ellie felt like a character I already had in me, Like the skins that you wear in a video game? She was one of my skins already.”
Now the English actress might have never imagined that she would actually end up being Ellie’s face even in the video game. Naughty Dog didn’t come up with any skin, but the modders from the fandom sure did. A mod that allowed players to make in-game Ellie look like her HBO counterpart recently went viral.
The developers of The Last of Us based Ellie’s appearance on Ellen Page, who is now known as Elliot Page. Page playing Ellie in the HBO adaptation would be impossible due to a variety of reasons. As a result, fans must allow Bella Ramsey to prove that she too can be an amazing Ellie.
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