'The Last of Us' star Bella Ramsey says she mastered her American accent by cursing
- "The Last of Us" star Bella Ramsey learned how to do an American accent by cursing.
- Ramsey said on "The Late Late Show with James Corden" that her character swears a lot.
"The Last of Us" star Bella Ramsey said that she mastered the American accent by cursing.
Ramsey stars in the upcoming HBO series based on the game series of the same name. The English actor plays Ellie Williams, an American teenager who may hold the cure to ending a virus plaguing the US.
While promoting the show on "The Late Late Show with James Corden" Tuesday, Ramsey was asked how she perfected her American accent for the series.
"I had a dialect coach which was helpful," the 19-year-old actor said. "The first phrase I mastered was 'olive oil.' It's really hard, like, 'olive oil,'" switching to an American accent.
Ramsey then said the next word she learned which was a curse word that was bleeped out.
Regina Hall, who was also participating in the interview, added: "That's really all you need."
When asked if curse words were important to learn, Ramsey replied: "Yeah, because the character that I play in this show, 'The Last of Us,' Ellie, curses every two seconds. So it was definitely important. There are so many [curse words]."
In a roundtable interview with CBR published earlier this week, Ramsey again mentioned Ellie's "love of cursing."
"A great portion of my relatability to Ellie has to do with her love of puns and her love of cursing," Ramsey said. "Ellie actually taught me to curse and taught me how to do it well."
Ramsey's costar Pedro Pascal then added in the interview: "Bella curses very, very naturally off-camera."
The new series adapts the popular post-apocalyptic video game about a hardened smuggler (Pascal) and a teenage girl (Ramsey) as try to survive their journey across the US following a virus outbreak.