Bella Ramsey was diagnosed with autism after ‘The Last of Us’ crew member noticed signs: ‘Freeing’ to know

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in an interview with British Vogue that she has been diagnosed with autism – all because of a crew member on “The Last of Us” set. “I’ve spoken a bit about neurodivergence before, but I always for some reason didn’t want to say what it was.

I got diagnosed with autism when I was filming season one of ‘The Last of Us,’” said Ramsey, who is nonbinary but has previously said on social media, “I’m good with any [pronouns].” The former “Game of Thrones” star said that a “Last of Us” crew member with an autistic daughter assumed Ramsey shared the condition.

This pushed Ramsey into getting a formal psychiatric evaluation. The actor said she felt like a “weirdo” and a “loner” and had “always wondered” if she had autism, since she also had a “painful hyperawareness of other people’s micro-expressions and body language.”Along with Pedro Pascal, 49, Ramsey stars in the hit HBO adaptation of the popular video game franchise. “The Last of Us” is a dystopian story created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, after a pandemic has devastated humanity with a fungal infection.

Infected people turn into zombie-like creatures, and society has collapsed. Joel (Pascal), a gruff survivor, gets tasked with escorting and protecting Ellie (Ramsey), who seems mysteriously immune to the disease.