While her The Last Of Us co-star Nick Offerman has sworn off gaming entirely,and Bella Ramsey, despite starring as the two leads in HBO’s The Last Of Us TV show, were asked not to actually play the original game.
Honestly, it’s a bit weird to not want your lead actors to be as familiar with the source material as possible but it doesn’t seem to have caused any problems withIf this detail was keeping you awake at night, though, you’ll be pleased to know that Ellie’s actress,Speaking with Josh Morowitz on his Happy Sad Confused podcast, Ramsey explained that she’d already seen some The Last Of Us gameplay before she auditioned for the show, but only got round to playing it about two weeks ago.
When asked if it’s been at all surreal for her to be playing it, Ramsey answered, ‘It’s actually not as weird as I thought it would be,’ adding that she’s also playing on the easiest difficulty. However, she hasn’t got particularly far. In fact, she still hasn’t reached Ellie’s introduction due to constantly searching every room she walks into and getting lost.
She was only 10 when the first game came out. So her parents obviously at that age seeing it’s rated 18 didn’t want her to play it. I call that responsible parenting. Now she’s 19 she can play it.
It’s a brilliant game series. The story and the locations/action are excellent. Watching the TV series makes me want to play it again