Bella Ramsey – who plays Ellie in HBOs upcoming The Last of Us TV adaptation – was advised not to play the game ahead of joining the show.
During her audition for the part, Ramsey was asked if shed played any of Naughty Dogs critically-acclaimed game. When she answered honestly – “nope” – she was apparently “encouraged” not to.
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“I was actually encouraged not to,” Ramsey told USA Today. “After my first audition, they asked me, Have you played it? And I said nope, and they said, Keep it that way.
“I did watch some of the gameplay on YouTube just to get a sense of it,” she added.
“But Im so excited for it to come out – it was such a big part of my life,” she said. “I shot for a whole year, which is quite a long time when youve only lived for 19 years.
“Pedro wrote a little card to me at the end, saying, How interesting that something so huge and life-changing should happen so early in your life and so late in mine. I thought it was a really sweet observation and I just had the best time.”
ICYMI, HBO recently treated us to our first teaser trailer for The Last of Us.
This new trailer gives us all a closer look at Ellie and Joel in action as they make their way across America. Along with seeing more of the two protagonists, we now also have a better, but still brief look at the series infected Clickers – complete with their unmistakable and haunting noises. Other characters such as Ellies friend Riley also make a showing.
The Last of Us is set to release in 2023.
