{"id":8303,"date":"2023-11-28T00:51:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T05:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/the-last-of-us-star-bella-ramsey-on-handling-fame-after-shows-success-exclusive\/28\/11\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-11-28T00:51:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T05:51:35","slug":"the-last-of-us-star-bella-ramsey-on-handling-fame-after-shows-success-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/the-last-of-us-star-bella-ramsey-on-handling-fame-after-shows-success-exclusive\/28\/11\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Last of Us&#8217; Star Bella Ramsey on Handling Fame After Show&#8217;s Success (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/bella-ramsey\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Bella Ramsey<\/a><span> says that despite the continued success of HBO&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/tv\/the-last-of-us\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Last Of Us<\/em><\/a><span> series, the fame she has seen from the show is &#8220;bizarre.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ramsey, 20, who identifies as non-binary and uses any pronouns, spoke with ET from the carpet of the Gotham Awards where she represented the team behind the show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It&#8217;s pretty weird, actually,&#8221; Ramsey said. &#8220;It was just like the best year of my life making this show with basically a group of people who became my friends.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In July, Ramsey was nominated for an Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Ellie in the HBO show.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I just find it very bizarre,&#8221; Ramsey continued, adding that it&#8217;s been hard for her to deal with the increased stardom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><em><span>Game of Thrones<\/span><\/em><span> alum went on to also share that while a set is where she &#8220;thrives,&#8221; she is getting accustomed to her new lot which includes attending award shows and daily interactions with fans who recognize her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\"><span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">Dia Dipasupil\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>&#8220;I go outside and I get recognized like every time I go out now,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s kind of strange but I don&#8217;t think about it until it happens. I wouldn&#8217;t say I like it &#8212; it&#8217;s not awful. People are nice.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ramsey is currently gearing up to head back to set for season two of <\/span><em><span>The Last Of Us<\/span><\/em><span>, which is set to begin soon.\u00a0In early November, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/the-last-of-us-season-2-to-begin-production-in-early-2024-everything-we-know-200579\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">HBO announced that the series is planning to begin production<\/a><span> on its second season in early 2024, following some delays due to the respective WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The renewal of the video game adaptation series was announced on Jan. 27, 2023, two weeks after its series\u00a0premiere became the streamer&#8217;s second-highest debut ever, behind\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Game of Thrones<\/span><\/em><span>. In July, the show&#8217;s first season received 24 Emmy nominations, including Best Drama Series.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It still feels surreal to me that it&#8217;s going to go again,&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/bella-ramsey\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ramsey<\/a><span>\u00a0told ET earlier this year, adding, &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to go into it [season two] comparing it to the experience of the first season.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The beloved star said\u00a0<\/span><em><span>The Last of Us\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span>season 1 was &#8220;the best year of my life,&#8221; saying she&#8217;s been most appreciative of the fans who have supported her character&#8217;s LGBTQ identity (Ramsey herself identifies as non-binary, and uses any pronouns).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I have, it&#8217;s like a gay army,&#8221; Ramsey said. &#8220;That feels nice to just have that army behind me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ramsey also added that she&#8217;s enjoyed hearing from fans of the\u00a0<\/span><em><span>The Last of Us\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span>video game. &#8220;I love gamers&#8217; reactions to the show,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;That&#8217;s the thing that feels the most validating, is when gamers who are so invested in the game say, &#8216;This is so good and it lives up to all my expectations.&#8217; That is the reaction that feels really, really cool.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>RELATED CONTENT:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/the-last-of-us-star-bella-ramsey-on-handling-fame-after-shows-success-exclusive-215537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bella Ramsey says that despite the continued success of HBO&rsquo;s The Last Of Us series, the fame she has seen from the<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/the-last-of-us-star-bella-ramsey-on-handling-fame-after-shows-success-exclusive\/28\/11\/2023\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}