The Last Of Us' Bella Ramsey deleted their social media due to season 2 backlash
The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey has revealed they deleted their social media ahead of the second season's debut to avoid any of the backlash.
The show's second season is based on
At the time, a massive hate campaign was formed as a result of certain characters and plot elements being featured in the game.
While we won't spoil anything about what happens, a lot of backlash was particularly aimed at lead co-writer Neil Druckmann, as well as actor Laura Bailey for her portrayal of Abby Anderson.
It even led to a point where death threats were being sent to Bailey and her young son.
Once the show adaptation began airing on HBO in 2023, Ramsey also became a target of this hate movement.
Some viewers felt the need to hate on the 21-year-old actor because they did not fit their unrealistic expectations, with a lot of criticism aimed at their physical appearance (remember, Ellie is 14 in
A few months ago, Ramsey deleted their social media profiles ahead of the Season 2 launch because of this backlash.
"I always knew that I’d [deactivate] it one day and never even really wanted to have social media in the first place," Ramsey told The Hollywood Reporter.
"It wasn’t like this big dramatic thing, but there was an element of it that was thinking about the show coming out for season two. If I just avoid Twitter and Reddit, which now I’m doing, then everything’s totally fine."
Honestly, fair play to them. I think I'm too obsessed with checking Reddit every day that I can't bring myself to delete it.
Ramsey states that filming Season 2 was "a very difficult year in many, many ways." They went through an intensive physical training schedule, citing boxing, jiu-jitsu, and weight training as some of the exercises they did to prepare for the role.
They would then alternate between shooting and stunt training once filming began, allowing Ramsey's portrayal of Ellie to be much tougher in the second season compared to the first.
The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus has the perfect pitch to end the franchise – everyone dies (except Daryl and Carol)
The Walking Dead may have aired its last episode in 2022, but the franchise is far from dead - or undead, as the case may be. Spinoff shows like The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon and The Walking Dead: Dead City have kept the franchise alive (as well as the fans who keep tuning in). However, all things must come to an end, and it’s only a matter of time before the last episode of the franchise airs. When that happens, how should the franchise end? Norman Reedus, who has played Daryl Dixon in the original show and in his own spin-off series, has an idea.
“I remember having a conversation early on,” Daryl Dixon actor Norman Reedus tells Popverse’s Grant DeArmitt. “I think it was during the episode that [Greg Nicotero] directed in the snow, and it was [Angela Kang] or someone asked me, ‘How do you want this show to end?’ And I go, everybody dies. And the world’s burning, and all of our friends are in slow motion saving each other, and I go, ‘Carol, get on the bike.’ And we just take off. And we can’t go back because everybody’s dead, and we just go see who’s left. Let’s just ride and see who’s left in the world. We had playlists for it and all this stuff. That was early on.”
For more, check out the full interview with the cast and crew of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon below.
