ZM's Bree & Clint - Bella Ramsey from The Last of Us - ZM's Bree & Clint

Episode Date: April 8, 2025

Bree & Clint caught up with Bella Ramsey ahead of the new season of The Last of Us coming out on Neon on April 14th. Bree showed off all of her survival skills and Bella chatted about the pressure of the first episode of a new season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oh my god, hi Bella Ramsey. Oh my gosh, hi. Oh my god, I can't believe it. We're in the same room as you. I can't believe it. First of all, I need to say, I'm a huge fan. Thanks. And first episode did not disappoint.

Wowza. I'm glad. It's straight back in. I'm hot. I think first episodes are so hard to do well. And I feel like we did it quite well. Oh, it's 100% on the money. Anita, straight off the top, Bella, I've heard you do a really solid clicker impression.

I do. I'd love to hear a bit and then I'd like you to rate mine because I feel like... Can you do one? Hello. Maybe. I've never had competition before. Well, I think we have a clicker off right now.

Okay, ready? I'll judge. Okay, that's an actual clicker, so you win. You're not meant to upstage the talent. You're not meant to... I hurt myself. That was amazing. Thank you. This whole thing was just a ruse.

I'm really glad this is captured forever. And you're not just saying that. No, that was so scary. Thank you. You should have done the clicker thing in the show. I should have. This is just like more of a dolphin. Hey.

This was just a ruse for you to show her how good your clicker is. Yeah. See, hey, I know. I'm running from you. Season three, I'm available. I'll get them to give you a call. Okay, cool. Speed dial.

Good, good to know. Zombie apocalypse, classic question. Yeah. You, not your character, what's your go-to weapon of choice? Weapon of choice? Well, what's Ellie's go-to weapon, and then what would your weapon be? Ellie's go-to weapon used to be her knife, but now she gets a gun, so it's a gun.

Multiple guns. Multiple guns. She's got at least three on her. Guns. My go-to weapon is the power of persuasion. I'm going to use my words. I'm going to just like talk it out. You're going to reason.

I'm going to reason. Reason with the infected. Guys, let's talk about this for a second. You know, you want to eat me and I don't want that to happen. Exactly. I'm going to offer them a great alternative. I just feel like we need to talk it out. I think they're misunderstood and I think they just need to be

like, I think they just need to chat. That's so caring. Possibly misguided, but very caring. You're going to die first. I feel like you've answered my next question because I was going to ask you, in a zombie apocalypse, you need skills. Yeah. I would love to know what skill you would bring that you could either trade

or you could use to get you further ahead. I can be very quiet and sneaky and I'm small and good at hiding. So I think that would work well because clickers, you have to be silent around them. It'd be a great skill. I think I'd be great just hiding in a corner. I've got a skill I'd like to show you. Yeah, what is it? Another one.

You're full of skills. I've got a prop. No, we talked about it. You want to see it? Are you going to throw it into You want to see it? Yeah. Are you going to throw it into your mouth and catch it? Something way more impressive. You want to see it, don't you?

Yeah, of course I do. Okay. Just a little lolly snake. A little snake. Can I just say I don't know how this is applicable? I've seen this skill. Have you? What the hell?

That right there. That's crazy. Did you just go home one day and decide, you know what, I'm going to learn how to tie a knot in a jelly snake? That might be a PB for you timing-wise. I can't believe how fast I did it. I get the Guinness Book of Records watching this. I feel like I needed to impress Bella.

That's going to take you further in the apocalypse than me hiding in a corner is going to take me. I've embarrassed myself. I don't know where to go to from here. So it's quite incredible. I didn't realize how much of your own stunts that you do in this show. Did you come in stunt ready or is this like a learn on the job type thing? I did actually have training this season.

I didn't this season before, but I didn't have to do that much. But yes, this season I did have training. But it was also just doing it on the job. What's the coolest thing that you can do now that you couldn't do before being a part of The Last of Us? Oh, that's a good question. I can do a – I can do – oh, I can do Brazilian jiu-jitsu. I can do an omoplata. What?

I saw you doing jiu-jitsu in that first – You're a badass in the first episode. I can do a chokehold. Yeah. You can do arm bars and stuff, can't you? Arm bars. I can flip you over. This doesn't work out.

UFC maybe. I don't know. Yeah, exactly. That's my plan. You're forced to be reckoned with. We are so excited to see the rest of the season. Thank you. Congratulations on an amazing first episode.

It's all that we've seen. Thank you so much. And we're excited to see where it goes. Thanks. Thanks, Bella. Congratulations on all your skills. Appreciate that. You're welcome.

That's all she wanted. You've made me so happy.