“There Were Other Before Bella Ramsey”: HBO’s The Last of Us Considered Popular Game of Thrones Actor for the Role of Millie in the Live Adaptation.

The brand new HBO series The Last of Us is just around the corner for the fans. Soon, we all can experience the magic of the popular game coming to life in this live adaptation. The series has received excellent remarks from critics and is expected to have one of the best runs this year by a series.

Moreover, The Last of Us adaptation will be one of the few game adaptations that have broken the remake curse that many similar projects have faced. Critics have appreciated the work put in by the team. Especially Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey. But, interestingly the makers had different actors in mind for the role of Millie when the project was in its budding stage.

The Last of Us: A different Millie

The soul of The Last of Us game was its two amazing main characters. Joel and Ellie’s bond and their journey will surely have the heart and love of each of the fans. And thus it makes it a very difficult task for the makers as well as the actors to portray it to the screen. But, according to the critics Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey have done an amazing job.

Ramsey got critical acclamation as well from the critics. But did you know that during the budding stages of the adaptation, there were other considerations for the role of Millie? Yes, before Bella Ramsey other actors were also taken into consideration for the role. The first is Ramsey’s co-star from the popular Game of Thrones franchise.

During an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, the president of Naughty Dog told that they had plans to consider Maisie Williams for the role of Ellie. Maisie Williams was the actress who played Arya Stark in the popular HBO fantasy drama The Game of Thrones. Kaitlyn Dever who is well known for her role in Booksmart was also considered for the project.

Williams and Dever for the movie adaptation?

These two insanely talented actresses were considered when the project was planned as a movie. When the franchise decided to make the Last of Us into a series, this thought was dropped.

Both the actors showed their interest in portraying the iconic character in the series. Dever was even close to bagging the role in the movie project and she was considered to be an amazing pick by the fans because of her close resemblance with Ellie.

Later as the project was in developmental hell, all plans were retracted. When the series was planned, Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin auditioned tons of potential candidates and when they saw Ramsey’s performance, Druckmann felt she was the ideal one. “It was like Ellie realized in live action. It didn’t feel like watching an actor,” was Druckmann’s statement on Ramsey’s performance.

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Now we can finally see her critically acclaimed performance in the HBO show that is going to premiere on 15 January 2023.

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