The Last Of Us star Bella Ramsey, 21, looks in good spirits as they get measured for iconic Madame Tussauds waxwork in London
Bella Ramsey looked in good high spirits as they attended a measuring session at Madam Tussauds for their first figure in the London attraction on Wednesday.
The actor, 21, who is non-binary, had their facial features measured by staff and was seen having their limbs measured for the lifestyle figure.
Bella's model will feature in the Awards Party zone at the London attraction and will reportedly be on show later this year.
The Last Of Us star had their skin tone matched as well as their long brunette tresses and eye colour so it will be identical to them.
Bella flashed their gorgeous smile as they held up a box of eye balls while trying to find the perfect colour to match.
The Game Of Thrones star rocked a plain black T-shirt before changing into a smart green blazer, white shirt and a red tie.
Bella is known for their breakthrough role as young noblewoman Lyanna Mormont in the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones and as Ellie in drama series The Last of Us.
It comes after Bella and co-star Pedro Pascal reacted to Sunday's episode of HBO 's The Last Of Us which brought the tragic death of a beloved lead character.
The show follows Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as they navigate a post-apocalyptic environment following a global fungal infection that turns many into zombie-like creatures.
Season 2 - which debuted last week - takes place five years after the first season, and introduces fans to one of the most hated characters in the video games the show is based on - Abby (Kaitlyn Dever).
With the introduction of Abby and her group making it to Jackson Hole, Wyoming where Joel and Ellie have settled, many fans familiar with the games predicted that this second episode would mark the death of a main character.
Those who theorized that death would happen were proven correct, with Joel meeting a rather brutal death at the hands of Abby, right in front of Ellie who swore to kill Abby, setting up the driving force for the rest of the season.
After the episode aired, both Pedro and Bella reacted to the tragic death in new interviews with Entertainment Weekly.
Bella said that no one on the set wanted to talk about the death, adding, 'I think it was a hushed thing, like scary words that no one wants to utter.'
Bella flashed their gorgeous smile as they held up a box of eye balls while trying to find the perfect colour to match
Those who theorized that death would happen were proven correct, with Joel meeting a rather brutal death at the hands of Abby, right in front of Ellie who swore to kill Abby, setting up the driving force for the rest of the season.
'It feels like too big of a thing to just speak about it,' Bella added, while series creator/showrunner Craig Mazin added how important the moment was.
'When it came time to discuss it with other people [outside of production], we were circumspect,' Mazin said.
'Everybody really cared about making sure that this felt like what it was, which was an event we all respected,' he added.
Pedro did not play the 2020 video game The Last of Us Part II - where his character Joel is killed off fairly early on - but he knew his fate right from the start.
Even though he didn't play The Last of Us Part II, the 2020 video game on which season 2 is based, Pedro knew this would be his character's fate from the moment he accepted the job.
'It's not like they said, "Hey, we kill you at the beginning of season 2," but it was always an understanding that it would stay true to the source material in a specific way and that the, let's say, practical and exclusive obligation would be for season 1. It was just a matter of how and when,' Pascal said.
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