- A particularly difficult scene from Ramsey to film has just aired
- It was part of the second season’s third episode
- We see the fallout from Joel’s brutal death
*Spoilers for season two, episode three of The Last Of Us follow*
Bella Ramsey has revealed their “toughest scene” to film for the current season of The Last Of Us.
The scene in question was part of the second season’s third episode, which aired on Sunday (27 April). It was only a small detail, but having to cry on camera was something Ramsey said they find daunting.
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As Ellie deals with the fallout over Joel’s (Pedro Pascal) brutal murder at the hands of Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), she cries over him while smelling one of his jackets in a closet.
“A very, very limited amount of people in my life will see me cry”
“Oh God, in the closet, that was the hardest [scene],” the actot told The Hollywood Reporter. “So I really struggle with crying in scenes. I can get a tear out, but that’s different to crying. And even getting the tear, it doesn’t come easy for me. I don’t cry in front of people in my everyday life. A very, very limited amount of people in my life will see me cry.
“And so having to do that on a set full of people with the monitor and then more people watching the monitors…it’s virtually impossible for me. So I was really worried about that scene, and that was the toughest one for me to shoot.”.
“The thing that is always the saddest for me is remembering the happy things”
Ramsey said that they managed to make themself cry by thinking not of sad things, but happy memories from spending time with Pascal.
“I’ve tried [before in crying scenes] to think about something really sad in my own life and try and evoke emotions that way,” Ramsey said. “That doesn’t really work for me because it takes me out of the truth of the situation for Ellie. So I was remembering the happiest of memories that I have with Pedro.”
“The thing that is always the saddest for me is remembering the happy things,” they continued. “I was remembering us the first few times that we met and the whole of shooting season one together, and the funniest moments. I was remembering all of that and through the lens of losing him — not just Joel and Ellie, but like me and Pedro — because the memories of me and Pedro and Joel and Ellie are so intertwined for me.”
