“The Last of Us” actress Bella Ramsey has complaints about being a child actor, but these issues are slightly different from what most celebrities have said is the worst part.
Ramsey, 20, is a U.K.-based TV star best known for working on other popular TV shows, including “Game of Thrones,” and the historical film “Catherine Called Birdy.” She identifies as “nonbinary” and requests to be referred to by “they/them” pronouns.
Ramsey told The Independent that the worst part of being a child star was the restrictions on working, plus being “patronized.”
“Being a kid actor, I didn’t like the separation,” Ramsey told the outlet in an interview published Sunday. “The thing I hated the most was being patronized. I didn’t like the fact that I could only be on set for a certain amount of time, and had to go and do tutoring. I get why the hours protections for child actors are phenomenally important – but I hated feeling like I was lesser or separate from the adult cast.”
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The Critic’s Choice Award winner continued, saying, “I wasn’t intimidated by going onto a set with a load of people twice, three times my age. As I’ve grown up, I’ve learned that I have autonomy to stand up for myself and for other younger people that I work with now. I want to enable them to advocate for themselves in the way that people older than me taught me to advocate for myself!”
Ramsey also discussed being “neurodivergent,” which the star describes as having been helpful with the craft of acting. “This is exactly what I need, to not really have to make many decisions,” Ramsey said. “When I’m on set I really thrive. When I leave sets, especially when I’ve been in that bubble for so long… it’s quite an intense pressure, which can be scary.”
“I wouldn’t be an actor if it wasn’t for my neurodivergence,” the “Game of Thrones” alum added. “It’s just a part of me and it’s incredibly helpful in terms of acting. One of my things is that I have insane levels of visual perception compared to all the other things. I’ve been watching people and absorbing everything since I was really young…all these characters that I play, there’s an element of them that’s already inside me because I’ve seen someone be that before.”