The Last Of Us' Bella Ramsey praises 'gay army' of supporters

I don’t know about you, but I’m still waiting on a formal apology from everyone who doubted that Bella Ramsey would be the perfect Ellie in The Last of Us.

Week after week, Ramsey has continued to prove that she was made for this role. Following the release of episode eight, ‘When We Are In Need’, fans have been in total agreement that the actor deserves an Emmy for her performance (no spoilers here, but those who’ve watched it will know exactly why).

Take a look at the trailer for The Last of Us’ season one finale below.

Speaking on ET and ComicBook’s The Last of Pods podcast, Ramsey (who is gender fluid and non binary, and uses all pronouns) revealed that they’ve recently been looking at more comments and reactions from viewers online, and have been blown away by the positive responses from the “gay army” on Twitter.

“I had an oath with Craig Mazin that I wasn't going to look at comments, and I feel like I've slightly dramatically blown open that oath the last couple of weeks,” they said (via ComicBook). “I'm very aware that there's a gay army who are on Twitter who are just supporting me and Ellie, and it's like they're so much louder than any people who still hate it, or hate the show, the homophobic trolls, whatever. And it's just like that feels nice to just have that army behind me. That's been a reaction that I've really enjoyed.”

Ramsey continued: “And also [...] I love gamers' reactions to the show. That’s the thing that feels most validating is when beloved gamers who are so invested in the game then say, 'This is so good, and lives up to all my expectations, and exceeds them.' That's the thing, that's the reaction that feels really, really cool.”

The ninth and final episode of The Last of Us season one will air on Sunday 12 March in the U.S. and Monday 13 March in the UK.