Maisie Williams - Discussion And Analysis Thread

Now that Game Of Thrones has wrapped shooting the entire series, star of the show Sophie Turner has revealed what she and co-star/best friend Maisie Williams would do together after a long day of filming.

The pair would have sleepovers and take baths - together.

And the details didn't stop there. 'We’re kind of like loners on Game Of Thrones, just because the past few seasons Maisie and I have sleepovers every night when we’re shooting. Or every night whenever both of us are in town,' she told Vulture.

'We just used to sit there and eat and watch stupid videos and smoke weed. 'I don’t know if my publicist will kill me for saying this. We’d get high and then we’d sit in the bath together and we’d rub makeup brushes on our faces. It’s fun.'

The odd admission comes after Maisie talked to ELLE Magazine about Sophie, who plays on-screen sister Sansa Stark to Maisie's Arya - saying that she 'lifts her up'. 'Sophie is my best friend. Who gets to be on set with their best friend? Me! We lift each other up,' she gushed.

Of her character Arya's development over the course of the eight seasons of the show, she spoke of how she became a 'baddie' and how it was a 'great moment' especially alongside her best pal.

She shared: 'I think until last season [seven], Arya was always killing the baddies. But then we saw her start to use those manipulative powers.

'It’s not until she had that whole dialogue with her sister Sansa in the last season that you realise what she’s become, that she’s being awful to someone who we love.

'For me, it was a really great moment as an actor to be able to play the character you love as a baddie. It felt so amazing, even though it’s an awful scene. But she rights her wrongs in the end.'

And while achieving her goal of appearing in the first and last episode of the long running drama, Maisie addressed claims that Game Of Thrones is misogynistic and said how the show has become 'amazing' for women.

‘For me, [Game Of Thrones] is a medieval world in which women don’t have a lot of rights, and yet they still prevail,' she said. 'But I do think that as the seasons have gone on, It’s become more and more amazing for women.

'And this final season is going to be incredible. It just feels great, being on set with all these girls. They’re all ruing, you know, they’re all back on top – it’s pretty impressive.'

Sophie Turner has admitted her 'co-dependent' friendship with her Game Of Thrones co-star Maisie Williams was 'destructive.'

The 23-year-old actress, who played Sansa Stark opposite her on-screen sister Maisie, who played Arya Stark, spoke candidly about their time on the show and how they would never socialise outside one another - leading to the toxic scenario.

Making an appearance on Dr Phil's podcast Phil In The Blanks podcast, she spoke about a host of issues, including her depression and romance with Joe Jonas.

During breaks from filming Game of Thrones, Sophie spent all of her time with co-star Maisie Williams, 22, but the actress admitted at some points their co-dependent relationship was 'destructive.'

During breaks from filming Game of Thrones, Sophie spent all of her time with co-star Maisie Williams, 22, but the actress admitted at some points their co-dependent relationship was 'destructive.'

'Maisie and I used to do it [stay inside] together. I think being friends with each other was quite destructive because we were going through the same thing...

'We would get home from set, go to a Tesco, a little supermarket, across the road and just buy food. We'd go back to our room and eat it in bed. We never socailised for a couple of years.'

Sophie explained that with the help of medication and therapy she is feeling much healthier, also crediting her relationship with musician Joe Jonas, 29, for helping her recovery.

'I love myself now, or more than I used to,' she noted. 'I'm now with someone that makes me realise, you know, that I do have some redeeming qualities...

'I suppose, and when someone tells you they love you every day, it makes you realise why that is, and I think it makes you love yourself a bit more.'

Elsewhere, Sophie told Dr Phil that she first began having mental health issues when she was 17, explaining that living at her parent's home while she worked and her friends and brothers were away at university was a triggering factor.

'I've suffered with my depression for five or six years now. The biggest challenge for me is getting out of bed and getting out of the house. Learning to love yourself is the biggest challenge,' she said.

Sophie also said that she thought about suicide when she was a teenager. 'It's weird. I say I wasn't very depressed when I was younger, but I used to think about suicide a lot when I was younger. I don't know why though,' she said.

'Maybe it's just a weird fascination I used to have, but yeah, I used to think about it. I don't think I ever would have gone through with it. I don't know.'

Actresses Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner, who play sisters Arya and Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones, talked about how they’re so close that people mistake them for a couple.

“Maisie is definitely my protector and I’m hers, too,” Turner told Glamour.

“I know if anything happened – especially if it was on Game Of Thrones, which it never, ever would – she’d go crazy and protect me… Maisie is my strong home.”

Williams said that Turner “knows too much about” her.

“I can’t tell you the amount of times Sophie said, ‘Go to therapy’ before I actually did,” she said.

Turner talked about how they’re so close that people think that they’re a couple.

“People always think Maisie and I are a couple. I mean, I am obsessed with her, so you never know.”

“Even though we are sisters [in the show], we tried to sneak a kiss into every scene we did together to freak everyone out a bit. It kept them on their toes, making sure they were following the script.”

She didn’t really explain how kissing each other made sure that other people were following the script, but some people just need an excuse for physical intimacy.

Williams has said that she rejects labels on her sexuality and that she is attracted to “personalities” not “genders.”

Turner is engaged to Joe Jonas.