United Kingdom, Aug. 22 -- Bella Ramsey has told critics of The Last of Us not to watch it.

The 21-year-old star - who identifies as non-binary and uses gender neutral pronouns - plays Ellie in the HBO drama, and while the first season of the programme was a huge success with viewers, some were less satisfied by the second set of episodes because of the way it deviated from the video game of the same name which it is based on.

Bella told Entertainment Weekly's Awardist podcast: "You don't have to watch it if you hate it that much. The game exists. Like, you can just play the game again. You don't have to watch it, but if you do wanna watch it, then I hope you enjoy it."

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