Game of Thrones Bella Ramsey admits she was surprised to be cast in season 8: I highly doubted Id be back

**Game of Thrones season 8 spoilers below**

Game of Thrones season eight is not without its faults, but one of the highlights is the excellent performance from 15-year-old Bella Ramsey who played powerhouse Lady Lyanna Mormont.

Bella is best known for playing the small but fierce Lady of Bear Island who delivered some cutting lines shaming grown men in her appearances.

Lady Mormont suffered a tragic but iconic death in the Battle of Winterfell but didnt go out without a fight and stabbed a wight giant in the eye in her last act defiance.

I watched the episode when it came out but people like showing me my own death scene its quite funny, she mused to Metro.co.uk.

Although she admits its a bit strange to have people replay her that death scene all the time.

Shooting the episode saw the cast and crew endure over 50 nights of filming but luckily, Bella managed to get her scenes done in seven, which was enough.

I dont know how they did it, she said of her co-stars. It was winter and filming in minus temperatures at midnight so it made your body clock go completely out of order.

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Despite the cold and miserable conditions, every the trooper Bella admits she got a buzz out if filming at night.

I enjoyed shooting at night, theres a different energy on set, she said.

I got very cold one night, I got so cold I couldnt speak – thats Belfast at midnight!

Fans will remember Lyanna had an encounter with Ser Jorah Mormont (played by Iain Glen) in the episode and Bella recalls it was refreshing.

That was the first scene that wasnt a big scene in a horde which was nice – it was refreshing to have a scene like that.

It was an honour to be part of it, she said of the HBO juggernaut.

After I finished season six I didnt know whether I was going to be back for season seven, then after seven I highly doubted that Id be back for season eight.

So the fact that they asked me back, Im very grateful.

Having been catapulted into the spotlight at a young age, the rigorous filming schedule that comes with the acting profession does take its toll on Bellas education.

Different projects have different strictness levels, some are really strict about tutoring and some arent, she explained.

So Ive always just gone with it and done what I can. Ive not pushed myself to burnout to the point where its exhausting because thats not worth it.

Ive kind of managed to balance it in a way where I can give an equal amount of energy to both.

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Ive always loved acting and Ive also always loved learning, so trying to balance it has always been a challenge but InterHigh as always helped me be flexible with that.

Its on online platform for learning but theyre really flexible, so if I miss a lesson I can just catch up.

Sometimes its hard to get the motivation to do it.

Bellas advice to young people who need to catch up on school work is simply just making a start.

My advice is to just start doing it because once youve got past that it just gets easier, so just do it.

Also what I find really hard is just making a schedule for myself so in the morning if I know Ive got loads to catch up on, I often will struggle to do it unless I set out on paper what Im going to do that day.

That way it kind of structures it like school in a way.

Bella is about to go into Year 11 and is hoping to do her GCSEs this year but is keen to prioritise her acting commitments.

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