{"id":249859,"date":"2024-07-09T23:08:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T03:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/?p=249859"},"modified":"2024-07-09T23:08:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T03:08:44","slug":"heres-your-first-look-at-ellie-dina-in-hbos-the-last-of-us-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/heres-your-first-look-at-ellie-dina-in-hbos-the-last-of-us-season-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s Your First Look at Ellie &amp; Dina in HBO&#8217;s The Last of Us Season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Season 2 of HBO&#8217;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/tag\/the-last-of-us\/\">The Last of Us<\/a><\/em> adaptation begins filming this week, and we&#8217;re already getting some behind-the-scenes shots of actresses Bella Ramsey and Isabela Merced as Ellie and Dina. You can check out the shots for yourself down below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The character portrayals in the first season already sparked a little bit of controversy from fans, especially since Ramsey wasn&#8217;t exactly what most fans had in mind for Ellie, and it looks like that trend will continue with season 2. For starters, there are already comments that Ellie&#8217;s new arm tattoo placement isn&#8217;t accurate to the game, and neither is her bob and tied back hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New look at Bella Ramsey as Ellie Williams in HBO&#39;s The Last of Us Season 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8YYfGHtGV9\">pic.twitter.com\/8YYfGHtGV9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Last of Us News (@TheLastofUsNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLastofUsNews\/status\/1810749185525961150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First look at Ellie&#39;s tattoo in The Last of Us Season 2  \ud83c\udf3f\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o5D6IX8Fd6\">pic.twitter.com\/o5D6IX8Fd6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Last of Us News (@TheLastofUsNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLastofUsNews\/status\/1810412149061390345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While I&#8217;m not exactly particular about the <em>look <\/em>of the character &#8212; it&#8217;s near impossible to make a real-life actor look exactly like a video game character after all &#8212; I&#8217;ll admit the tattoo placement is a little jarring. 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