Noah Lamanna could have solely made a short look on “The Last of Us,” however their character, Kat, had a profound affect on Ellie (Bella Ramsey).
Throughout Sunday’s flashback episode, Joel (Pedro Pascal) catches Ellie and Kat in Ellie’s bed room on her seventeenth birthday. The pair are doing medication and Kat, who is nineteen, has given Ellie a tattoo on her arm, which upsets Joel.
Ellie fights along with her father determine and their relationship isn’t the identical once more. A couple of years later, Joel is brutally killed by Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) earlier than he may make amends with Ellie.
In an unique interview with The Publish, Lamanna defined how Kat and Ellie’s relationship impacted how Ellie behaves when Season 2 begins.
“At the top of the season in the first episode, you find our relationship has started and ended,” the actor stated. “And we’re in the sort of unfortunate situation of still living together in this very small community and kind of being forced to collaborate in a way that isn’t really comfortable. There’s a lot of tensions that arise between our characters throughout that process.”
Lamanna famous that within the get up of Kat and Ellie’s breakup, Ellie has “come out on top” as she will get in a relationship with Dina (Isabel Merced).
“She has this new flirtation with Dina that kind of sucks for me to watch happen,” stated Lamanna. “But you definitely get a taste of the history and of the weight of that in the tension between our characters in the first episode.”
Concerning Sunday’s flashback episode, Lamanna advised The Publish it was “a really fun opportunity” to discover Kat and Ellie’s dynamic pre-breakup.
“We see a much lighter version of the two of them together, and you get a glimpse into a history that is less weighted down,” they defined.
“We see these characters who are still sort of living through this what is a zombie apocalypse and we get these sort of gifts throughout the season of these moments of levity. It’s really beautiful to see and I think for audiences it’s very refreshing when there’s a lot of really intense stuff happening in the rest of the season.”
Lamanna additionally teased that there could possibly be extra story to inform between Kat and Ellie.
“We get some glimpses into their dynamic, but it certainly leaves you with a lot of questions about, what happened, how we ended up where we are,” they said. “There’s a lot of storyline left untold in between for sure.”
Moreover, the Canadian actor gushed over attending to work with each Ramsey, 21, and Pascal, 50.
“He’s lovely. He’s very charming,” they stated of Pascal. “He’s everything you want him to be, which is really nice.”
“And Bella’s really cool. They are so lovely in person and so down to Earth,” Lamanna continued. “For someone who’s been hit with a massive level of fame at such a young age, Bella seems to handle it really, really well.”
“They’re really mature beyond their years, for sure,” they stated. “So it was really cool to spend time with them and kind of connect on a more personal level.”
“The Last of Us” airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO.
