The Last Of Us Star Names 1 Part Of Season 2 Sex Scene That Was Actually Her Idea

The Last Of Us star Isabela Merced has lifted the lid on shooting the intimate scene in the most recent instalment of the hit dystopian series.

Episode four of The Last Of Us’ latest season saw Isabela’s character, Dina, having sex with Ellie (played by Bella Ramsey) for the first time, after the two began growing close in the first half of the season.

Speaking to Variety, the Alien: Romulus star revealed that she and Bella worked closely with intimacy coordinator Kathy Kadler on the sequence – and that they were encouraged to share their own ideas on how it should play out.

“What we wanted to make sure was that more than anything there was some sort of consent in the scene, because they’re obviously both in very vulnerable position,” Isabela explained.

“So we were very detailed about that scene.”

“We all had ideas, right?” she continued. “Because we wanted it to be sexy. We wanted it to be emotional and charged, but also smart and show their relationship and how it’s going to change now that this barrier has been broken.”

Revealing her own input into the sex scene, Isabela recalled: “Specifically, I wanted Dina to be the one to unzip her own pants, take Ellie’s hand and actively guide it down her body.

“Because even though Ellie is technically the one who’s on top, I think it’s showing they both have agency in this decision to take it to the next step. And I think it was beautiful. And I think, yeah, we made some really wise decisions there.”

Isabela is one of the show’s new additions to the current season of The Last Of Us, alongside Kaitlyn Dever as Abby and Young Mazino as Jesse.

There’ve also been some notable departures, but to be frank, we’re still not quite emotionally ready to talk about that yet…