Bella Ramsey said that being diagnosed as autistic during the first season of “The Last of Us” was “freeing.”
In a new interview with British Vogue, the 21-year-old actor, who uses they/them pronouns, said, “It enables me to walk through the world with more grace towards myself about not being able to do the easy everyday tasks that everyone else seems to be able to do.”
Ramsey described growing up with several sensory issues common to people on the autism spectrum, including hyperawareness of other people’s body language and disliking “too much stuff on my body” when having to wear heavy thermals while filming outdoor scenes in the Canadian wilderness for the HBO series.