The Last of Us might sadly be over following the release of the season 1 episode 9 finale, but fortunately, it doesn’t stop here.
The show will be returning for season 2, after viewers across the globe fell in love with the portrayals of video game fan-favourite characters Joel and Ellie by Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey.
With many people predicting that the duo will be shoo-ins for awards next year for their incredible performances, others have been left wondering what the future of the TV adaptation will look like when it returns.
The creators of the series are looking forward to adapting the video game The Last of Us Part II, which is sure to deliver another hard-hitting emotional ride – so will Bella be back to play Ellie when the new episodes are ready to be launched?
Here’s what you need to know.
Is Bella Ramsey returning for The Last of Us season 2?
As the first season of The Last of Us drew to a close, some fans might have wondered if Bella would return for the second, considering there’s a time jump of a few years between the two games.
Nonetheless, the award-worthy star will definitely be making a return for the second outing.
Following the release of the finale, co-showrunner Craig Mazin confirmed that Bella would be back, addressing how Ellie will have aged up in the future episodes.
‘When she joined us, she was 17. She’s only, she’s 19 now. Which by the way is the age of Ellie in The Last of Us, part 2,’ he told Deadline, after Ellie was introduced as being 14 years old in season one.
People were like, “She doesn’t look like [Ellie].” I’m like, it doesn’t matter. Just watch what happens. And now they know.’
Emphasising the ‘anxiety’ that he feels about making The Last of Us, he added: ‘We will present things, but it will be different. It will be different just as this season was different. Sometimes it will be different radically, and sometimes it will be fairly different.
‘It won’t be exactly like the game. It will be the show that Neil [Druckmann, co-showrunner and video game creator] and I wanna make. But we are making it with Bella.’
What other roles does Bella Ramsey have lined up post-Ellie?
Prior to The Last of Us, some of Bella’s biggest roles including starring as Lady Lyanna Mormont in Game of Thrones, Mildred Hubble in The Worst Witch and Birdy in Catherine Called Birdy.
She also appeared in the second season of His Dark Materials, as well as portraying Jane Grey in Becoming Elizabeth.
Bella is due to lend her voice-acting skills to the animated movie Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, a sequel to the 2000 stop-motion release.
She joins a cast of actors including Zachary Levi, Thandiwe Newton, Romesh Ranganathan and Daniel Mays, with the film due to come out on Netflix later this year.
How old is Ellie is The Last of Us 2 game?
In The Last of Us Part II, Ellie has aged up five years, making her 19 years old.
While Bella has so far been playing down her age, starring as a 14-year-old in the series, she’s actually the same age as the older Ellie in real life, and is due to turn 20 in September this year.
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