{"id":68140,"date":"2025-04-08T02:39:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T06:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=68140"},"modified":"2025-04-29T02:40:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T06:40:47","slug":"bella-ramsey-became-a-household-name-with-the-last-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/bella-ramsey-became-a-household-name-with-the-last-of-us\/68140\/","title":{"rendered":"Bella Ramsey became a household name with The Last of Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"261\" data-end=\"527\">When <em data-start=\"266\" data-end=\"282\">The Last of Us<\/em> first premiered in 2023, it became an instant cultural phenomenon, launching its stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey into global stardom. Now, two seasons in, Ramsey is still adjusting to the overwhelming response the show continues to receive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"529\" data-end=\"810\">Appearing on <em data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"549\">Today<\/em>, Ramsey listened as host Craig Melvin read out the staggering viewership numbers the show had racked up. Their reaction was both humble and relatable: \u201cI can\u2019t understand those figures,\u201d they admitted. \u201cTo me, that\u2019s just so bizarre\u2026 I can\u2019t conceptualize it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"1131\">Reflecting on why the series struck such a powerful chord with fans, Ramsey offered a thoughtful perspective. \u201cI think it\u2019s because it\u2019s not really about the infection or the zombies,\u201d they said. \u201cIt\u2019s this intense backdrop for really intimate and emotional stories and relationships. That juxtaposition works so well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1133\" data-end=\"1635\">Those emotional layers have resonated not only with audiences but with Ramsey themselves, especially as they continue to embody Ellie\u2014a character now deeply embedded in their own identity. \u201cI played Ellie 15 hours a day, every day for seven months,\u201d they shared, acknowledging how the line between them and the character has begun to blur. \u201cI definitely flip in and out of her. I\u2019m not a method actor\u2014I\u2019m not in it all the time\u2014but I become a bit more like Ellie, and Ellie becomes a bit more like me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1637\" data-end=\"1928\">Though Pascal and Ramsey had previously worked together in <em data-start=\"1696\" data-end=\"1713\">Game of Thrones<\/em>, it\u2019s their partnership in <em data-start=\"1741\" data-end=\"1757\">The Last of Us<\/em> that has defined their careers so far. Their chemistry and the emotional gravity of the story have created a show that goes beyond genre\u2014it\u2019s become a modern TV landmark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When The Last of Us first premiered in 2023, it became an instant cultural phenomenon, launching its stars Pedro Pascal\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":68141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[2542],"class_list":["post-68140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-bella-ramsey"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}