Bella Ramsey is the voice of the Last of Us enemies who graced the final season of the hit drama.
“You don’t have to watch,” the British actor said while appearing on the podcast The Reward earlier this month.
“If you really hate it, the game exists. You can just play the game again. If you want to watch it, I hope you enjoy it.”
Bella went on to explain that because “the show is [already] out,” they’re not stressing out about critics and avoiding “reading anything or anything” negative about the series.
“There’s nothing I can do anyway,” they pointed out. “The show is over. There’s nothing that can be changed or altered. So I’m like, there’s really no point in reading or looking at anything.”
Noting that “people are entitled to their opinions, of course,” Bella added, “But it doesn’t affect the show, it doesn’t affect how the show goes on or anything in any way. Those are very separate things for me. So no, I just don’t really get involved.”
Some fans criticized The Last of Us after Pedro Pascal’s character Joel was killed off in season two. However, some details about his death were changed in the show’s adaptation, and his brutal death is consistent with Joel’s fate in the video game The Last of Us Part II.
Meanwhile, other fans have focused on the physical appearance differences between Bella and her character, compared to how Ellie is portrayed in the video game series.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in April, Bella admitted that they became “pretty fixated” on the differences between Ellie’s appearance and their own, but that the show’s co-creator Craig Mazin overcame their concerns.
“I pretty much nailed the way Ellie looks in the game and her physical stature, and to be specific, the muscle definition in her arms. And I didn’t look like that. My body type is not like that,” Bella shared.
They continued, “I talked to Craig about it a lot, and he never put those expectations on me. He wanted me to look strong and feel strong, and it was the way I carried myself, my posture, and the confidence you have. It was a challenge for me to let myself off the hook to not look computerized.”
The premiere date for the post-apocalyptic series, which first aired in 2023, is set to air in 2023. The show was renewed for a third season in April.
