Bella Ramsey, star of ‘The Last of Us’, says a second season is likely

(CNN) — So far, only two episodes of The Last of Usfrom HBO.

But the Serie It has become so popular in just two weeks that one of its leads, Bella Ramsey, already thinks a second season is “probable.”

“If people keep watching the series, then it’s up to the guys at HBO,” Ramsey said in an interview with BBC Radio on Tuesday. “I think it’s quite likely because she’s been doing so well, but there’s nothing confirmed yet. We’ll just have to wait and see.”

Even before the show aired, its creators said that if they get a second season, they plan to base it on the video game sequel, The Last of Us Part II. (CNN, like HBO, is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.)

The series Last of Us is the adaptation of the popular eponymous video game that is set in a post-apocalyptic United States —20 years after a pandemic destroyed modern civilization—, and the critics has acclaimed her as “the best adaptation of a video game ever made”.

Ramsey, best known for her role as Lyanna Mormont in game of Thronesplays a 14-year-old girl, Ellie, who is smuggled out of a quarantine zone by Joel, played by fellow actor game of Thrones Peter Pascal.