Ma essendo abbastanza fuori dal giro non so se abbia riscontri in interviste o dichiarazioni.
The newly minted showrunner partners got to work writing a first season, taking turns on the scripts, and casting. The toughest role to fill, they knew, would be the girl at the center of everything: an adult actress who could convincingly play a 14-year-old that the gaming world had fallen in love with — and had very firm ideas about.
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Finding Ellie had always been a high bar. The show needed somebody who could appear “tough and vulnerable and wise beyond [their] years and also have a potential for violence,” Druckmann says. They saw “dozens and dozens” for the part. Ramsey’s Thrones co-star Maisie Williams had a chat with Druckmann about the movie adaptation very early on. Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart) even did a table read. By the time the HBO series came along, any former possible candidates had aged out of consideration, so the search had to be reset.
When Mazin watched Ramsey’s tape, he says, he was instantly all in. “Bella felt so real,” Druckmann agreed. “It was like Ellie realized in live action. It didn’t feel like watching an actor.” Mazin reached out to Benioff and Weiss, who assured them that Ramsey was “an absolute joy on set” in every episode she appeared in.
Ramsey went from audition to securing the role in less than a month — lightning fast for a non-household name vying for the lead in a tentpole project.
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/the-last-of-us-hbo-pedro-pascal-bella-ramsey-interview-1235290103/Da qui si evince che la somiglianza puramente estetica non è mai stato un criterio di valutazione per Druckmann e Mazin, se non per il fatto che l'attrice dovesse sembrare quattordicenne. In generale, come diceva Geissel, l'approccio all'estetica dei personaggi in ND è cambiato radicalmente nel corso degli anni, cercando di restituire verosimiglianza non solo nella caratterizzazione, ma anche nell'aspetto. Vedi le forme di Chloe in Lost Legacy, modificate da quelle di U2; il rifacimento del chara design di Tess per TLOU remake (più simile all'attrice che la impersonava nel performance capture); e in generale per il cast di Part II.
Detto questo, Ivan, sono abbastanza sicuro che per la fine della stagione la differenza estetica ti sarà passata in secondo piano