Bella Ramsey has opened up about her departure from children’s TV series The Worst Witch after leaving the CBBC show in 2020 after three seasons.
The 19-year-old English actress has reflected on her departure from The Worst Witch which she announced in February 2020 in an Instagram post in which she urged her followers to prioritize their mental health.
‘I know it was a lot of publicity that I left [The Worst Witch] for mental health reasons,’ Bella told Elle in an interview while promoting her new HBO series The Last Of Us.
Opening: Bella Ramsey, shown earlier this month in Los Angeles, opened up about her departure from children’s TV series The Worst Witch after leaving the CBBC show in 2020 after three seasons
“I would say the most accurate description is that I had resolved a lot of my mental health issues by then. And then the idea was, ‘I’m not going to do this fourth season because it’s not worth it, because I’m in a better place now. It’s not something I want to keep chaining and having the recurring issues that come with that first season. I no longer need or want to do that,” she said.
Bella developed what she later understood to be an eating disorder while filming the first season and despite wishing to leave the show, she returned to portray Mildred Hubble for seasons two and three before moving on. announce its release.
English actress Lydia Page, 20, took over the role of Mildred for season four.
Bella plays teenage Ellie in the live-action film adaptation of The Last Of Us video game set in a post-apocalyptic United States.
New series: The 19-year-old English actress and Pedro Pascal star of the HBO series The Last Of Us based on the video game
Mental health: The actress announced she was quitting the role of Mildred Hubble in The Worst Witch in an Instagram post in February 2020 in which she urged her followers to prioritize their mental health
The film also stars 47-year-old Pedro Pascal, the hardened survivor Joel who is hired to rescue Ellie from an oppressive quarantine zone.
The dystopian drama created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann managed to amass 4.7 million viewers on Linear TV and HBO Max on Sunday.
The Last Of Us — set 20 years after a global pandemic — marked the cable network’s second-biggest debut after House Of The Dragon’s historic 9.986 million viewership last August.
Live-action adaptation: Bella portrays teenage Ellie in the live-action film adaptation of The Last Of Us video game set in a post-apocalyptic United States
Resolved issues: “I would say the most accurate description is that I had resolved a lot of my mental health issues by then. And then the idea was, ‘I’m not going to do this fourth season because it’s not worth it, because I’m in a better place now. It’s not something I want to keep chaining and having the recurring issues that come with that first season. I don’t need or want to do this anymore,’ Bella, shown earlier this month in Los Angeles, said of her exit from The Worst Witch
The Last of Us also features Nick Offerman, Melanie Lynskey, Storm Reid, Gabriel Luna, Merle Dandridge, and Anna Torv.
It currently has a 99% “Certified Fresh” Critics’ Approval Rating (out of 102 reviews) and an Audience Score of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Bella previously portrayed Lyanna Mormont on HBO’s fantasy series Game Of Thrones.
HBO star: Bella previously portrayed Lyanna Mormont on HBO’s fantasy series Game Of Thrones
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