Bella Ramsey, nominated for the Emmy prizes for the role of Ellie in the series “The Last of Us”, said she learned that she suffers from autism during filming at this movie.
Bella Ramsey, Pedro Pascal and Kaitlyn Dever (left to right) Photo Getty Images
“I was diagnosed with autism while filming season 1 of The Last of Us”, He confessed the young British actress Bella Ramsey, known to the public for the role of Ellie in the series “The Last of Us”, for which she also received an EMMY awards nomination.
She said she had done medical investigations only after a colleague from the series production team, who has a daughter diagnosed with autism, told her that she is showing the same symptoms in the autistic spectrum.
“I talked a little about neurodiverity before, but for a reason I don’t know I never wanted to say exactly what it is.” said Bella Ramsey in an interview with Vogue less than a month before the premiere of the second season of the series and quoted by Variety.
After observing her for a period of time on the filming boards, a member of the production team convinced her to go to a psychological evaluation, because she had the same patterns of behavior as her daughter suffering from autism.
The young actress Bella Ramsey also confessed that her entire life felt somehow “lonely” and “stranger” compared to the people around him and asked if he did not suffer from autism.
At the same time, she mentioned that she is experiencing sensory problems specific to people in the autistic spectrum and spoke about a “painful hyperconstand” of microexpressions and bodily language of those around.
“I have always been careful and learned from people. To have to learn rather how to socialize and interact with those around me,” she said.
The young actress says that receiving the diagnosis was “liberating” and “It allows me to go through the world with more indulgence towards myself, because I am not able to do the daily tasks that everyone seems to do”.
Bella Ramsey believes that work on the set helps her, because she offers her a daily routine.
“I have a fixed hour I have to be there, I am told what to wear, how to stay, where to stay and what to eat”, said the actress.
The onset episode of the first season of the series “The Last of US” had 4.7 million viewers in the United States, being the second largest debut for the last 13 years, after “House of the Dragon”, according to the same source.
The interpretations of the actors in the first season were highly appreciated, the critics in particular noting the “chemistry” between Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, who interpret the two main characters.
