It seems like yesterday when we discovered her existence thanks to her magnificent interpretation of Lyanna Mormont in ‘Game of Thrones’, but, in what seems like the blink of an eye, Bella Ramsey has already turned 19 years old. Of course, she has not lost an iota of her talent, and continues to surprise on the small screen with her no less fantastic approach to Ellie in ‘The Last of US’.
Unfortunately, the effects of age on her body have made it somewhat more difficult to play an early teenager, which has happened, as she has confessed in an interview with GQ UK, for use a chest binder —a kind of chest girdle used among transitioning and non-binary people— during approximately “90 percent” of the production of the HBO series. In addition, he has not hesitated to give advice to those who can start using one of these garments: “It’s probably not healthy, please belt it safely”.
Of genders and pronouns
Last January, Ramsey publicly identified as a non-binary person, and has not hesitated to stress that, beyond the pronouns, what is really annoying are the labelsand has celebrated the prospect of playing roles that don’t align with her real-world self.
“This is what annoys me more than pronouns: being called a ‘young woman,’ or a ‘strong young woman,’ I’m not just that. In ‘Catherine Called Birdy’ I wore dresses. In ‘Young Elizabeth’ I wore a corset And I felt super powerful. Playing those more feminine characters is an opportunity to be someone very opposite of me, and it’s a lot of fun.”
As he explained, and as we have been able to verify during the promotional campaign for ‘The Last of Us’, the connection with his co-star Pedro Pascal, whose sister is transgender, was instant. Ramsey branded Pascal as “super understanding”and assured that they held several conversations on gender and sexuality issues, qualifying that “They weren’t always deep: they could be funny and funny, the whole spectrum. We were just very honest and open with each other”.
During an interview with The New York Times, Bella Ramsey already clarified that, while having a gender is not a tasteful dish, does not give much importance to the issue of pronouns assigned to you during a conversation.
“Someone would call me a ‘she’ and I wouldn’t think about it, but if someone called me a ‘he’ it would be kind of exciting. I’m just, to a large extent, a person. Being gendered isn’t something I particularly like, but what I When it comes to pronouns, I couldn’t care less.”