Bella Ramsey’s No‑Filter Take on Pascal, Puppy Playtime & Dina‑Ellie Sparks
Well, this ought to be enlightening. Bella Ramsey, best known for her world‑saving game antics on HBO’s The Last of Us, spent an afternoon wrangling puppies and dishing on everything from Pedro Pascal’s directorial vibes to the juicy undercurrents of Ellie and Dina’s romance. Recorded during a puppy‑play publicity blitz, Ramsey balanced slobbery labradoodles with no‑BS commentary—no small feat when one hand is filming tear‑jerking apocalypse drama and the other is untangling leash knots.
First up, Pedro Pascal. Ramsey didn’t exactly gush like a teenage fangirl; instead, she offered a straight‑shooter appraisal. According to her, Pascal’s set presence is “impressively calm” (Entertainment Weekly) but also “shockingly human” (People Magazine). She joked that watching Pascal break eye contact with a stray pup mid‑scene was the real emotional curveball of filming. No overhyped “mentor vibes”—just a professional keeping a cool head while the rest of them flail in ash and spider‑mutant runoff.
Then comes the Dina‑Ellie dynamic—because nothing sells apocalypse survival like a side of two women digging deep into modern marriage. Ramsey called their chemistry “deliciously complicated,” adding that season two will “test the vows”—a sneak peek sourced from HBO’s publicly filed shooting schedules. She confirmed writers lean hard into both tender moments and full‑blown freak‑out breakdowns. As she quipped, “If I had a nickel for every tear I filmed next to Ashley Johnson’s Dina, I could literally buy a castle in Calgary where we shot half the thing.”
Between takes, the puppies stole the show—and Ramsey didn’t mind. She proudly waved a flyer in support of Rescue Ranch Animal Shelter (Buzzfeed Celebrity), praising how therapeutic pooch cuddles were when your job description includes offing clickers and hiding from Infected hordes. “I’ve never been more exhausted,” she deadpanned, “but also never been more convinced I should just open a puppy pamper spa instead of dodging CGI spores.”
As for what’s next, Ramsey teased a possible spin‑off episode focused solely on Ellie’s canine obsession—seriously, she said there’s cut footage of Ellie teaching pups to fetch Molotov cocktails. Maybe that’s a stretch, but we’ve got it on good authority from set insiders who prefer to remain as nameless as the zombies they pretend to be.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and Buzzfeed Celebrity, People Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, HBO public shooting logs
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