Bella Ramsey had to make their acoustic A-Ha cover “worse” in ‘The Last Of Us’

Spoilers ahead for ‘The Last Of Us’ season two.

Bella Ramsey had to make their acoustic cover of A-Ha‘s ‘Take On Me’ “worse” in The Last Of Us TV series than the version in the video game, according to co-star Isabela Merced.

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In the latest episode of the HBO series, Ellie (Ramsey) and Dina (Merced) are en route to Seattle when they find an abandoned record store that’s still fully stocked with Bob Marley and Tears For Fears vinyl and Pearl Jam posters.

Ellie heads upstairs and finds an acoustic guitar which she then proceeds to play the 1985 hit single on.

Speaking about the scene, Merced told The Hollywood Reporter: “It was really emotional. That was my favourite scene from the video game. When I was walking around on the set, it was so beautiful. They literally built this music shop inside of the stage. And Bella was actually beautifully playing and singing.

“They told Bella to do it the way that they would, except worse, so it sounded more like a regular person picking up a guitar, and not like this talented individual that just emits beauty in all directions. So Bella had to kind of tone it down a little bit. Even then I was still mesmerised and emotional.” You can judge for yourself which is the better version below.

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