HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us has us hungry for particulars because the silver screen-reworking of Naughty Dog’s magnum opus attracts ever nearer, and we aren’t the one ones. In a brand new interview with USA Today, actress Bella Ramsey, who portrays Ellie, has revealed that she was “inspired not” to play the sport on which the present is predicated.

Ramsey recounts the expertise, stating that “after my first audition, they requested me, ‘have you ever performed it?’ And I mentioned ‘nope’, they usually mentioned, ‘hold it that manner'”. The actress wasn’t in a position to keep away solely, although, as she “did watch a number of the gameplay on YouTube simply to get a way of it”. Ramsey is trying ahead to the launch of the sequence, saying: “It was such an enormous a part of my life. I shot for an entire 12 months, which is kind of a very long time once you’ve solely lived for 19 years.”

Her co-star Pedro Pascal, who performs Joel, has additionally saved a ways between his portrayal and the supply materials. In an interview with GQ, the actor remembers that the sport itself was a bit past him, however that he did watch his nephew play a few of it, saying: “It’s so unhappy, I haven’t any ability. I attempted, . And then it was solely a matter of minutes earlier than I needed to hand it over to my nephew. It actually takes a selected sort of ability, and I don’t have it.”

It sounds just like the showrunners are going for a contemporary portrayal of the characters, which does not sound like a foul factor to us. We have already got Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson’s immortal performances within the video games themselves, in any case.

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