The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey talked through the emotional episode, and how she prepared for the episode.
Episode 7, titled “Left Behind,” adapted the video game’s DLC of the same name, telling the story of how Ellie got bit alongside her friend, Riley. Speaking toBy the end of the episode, Ellie and Riley find themselves both bitten, both with completely different, yet still serious, reactions to it.
“I hadn’t seen that bit of gameplay, and I’m really glad that I didn’t,” said Ramsey. “I became aware after that I reacted differently to how Ellie reacts in the game. I think it was maybe more explosive, and there was more anger, rather than fear. I think that Ellie’s response is such intense emotion that she doesn’t know what to do with. It becomes very outward and expressive and explosive. That was really cool.
Although the reactions differ, the episode does follow the DLC pretty closely, including not showing what happens after the two are bitten. While Ellie survives due to her immunity, Riley doesn’t. However, fans never see Riley turning into an infected in either story, something Ramsey thinks is better left to the imagination.
“I’m sure they talked about that possibility, but the first scripts that we got, you didn’t see it,” Ramsey said. “I think sometimes the things that you don’t see are more impactful, because then it’s left to your imagination, which can sometimes be even darker than what maybe you’d see on screen. I like that it ends so poetically. I think it’s more heartbreaking, Riley saying, ‘Let’s be all poetic and lose our minds together,’ it’s horrendous to then know what happens after that.
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