Craig Mazin, Showrunner HBO hit post-apocalyptic drama Last of uspushed back against recurring criticism o Bella RamseyCharacter.
The series adapts to franchise hit video games and see Ramsey, 21, play Ellie, a young woman who is immune to the virus that devastated human civilization.
In First show of emissionswhich was broadcast in 2022. year and is adapted from the original game for 2013. year Last of usEllie is 14 years old. By the time the other game and the series, the character is now 19.
Although the jump approaches the character of Ramsey’s era in the real world, some fans claimed that the actor is a youthful appearance – compared to the character in the original video game – made them oddly residential for the second season.
“Ellie in the game looks much older,” Mazin said in a recent interview with Hollywood Reporter. “Some change drastically and some people don’t.
“I’m not interested in the physical aspect – even though I’ve been looking at Bella’s face for years as I’m arranging, and I see they surely adults. I’m interested in emotional maturity and a person’s change.”
Ramsey, who won the widespread recognition for their performance in the first season, is also 5ft 1 “, which demanded a certain approach when he came to the series” The fight scene, “Mazin explained.”
“How’s a little person fighting a big person? There will be no karate,” he said. “There will be no great shocks and shocks – they will lose.
“The answer is Juujitsu. I’m watching a lot of Jiujitsa and I was especially watching the sessions in which a small person reduces the big person. That would happen because in this world it would not happen because it happened because no one is going on around.”
Watch Apple TV + Free 7 days
Only new subscribers. £ 8.99 / mo. After a free trial. Plan automatically renew until canceled
Watch Apple TV + Free 7 days
Only new subscribers. £ 8.99 / mo. After a free trial. Plan automatically renew until canceled
Ramsey’s Stas also influenced the casting of Dina, Ellie’s love interest in the upcoming second season. Isabella Merced (Alien: Romulus) eventually threw in a role.
“We wanted someone who was that contrast, this sunlight, because Ellie is hard and reserved and careful and we want someone who is doing the sun,” Mazin said. “We also didn’t want someone who was 5’9”, because Bella was quite short. It’s one of those things in which a little ighter in the frame [two actors of very different height]Or a dun could feel the mother, like mom. “
Last of us Returns 13. April 2025. year, and can be seen in the UK in the sky and now.