Exclusive interview with Sophie Turner
This interview is newly published, but talks about Season 3. I included some cute quotes about the cast and an interesting one about show!Sansa.
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As a viewer the atmosphere in King's Landing looks horrible, but I imagine that when you're there with Lena Headey or Jack Gleeson it's not quite like that.
No, we have the most fun ever on set. Jack's just super nice and Lena is hilarious. She always puts on this Somerset accent, I don't know why. We kind of play it back and forth to each other and we have a really good relationship. Everyone is just so light-hearted on set and joking around all the time so nothing ever gets too depressing, even when it looks that way on screen.
It must be tough for Jack playing one of the most despicable characters on television?
He's so nice and I just feel for him. But I mean it's a credit to his acting that he gets all this hate because he is the nicest guy and there's not one bad bone in his body. <3333333333
Who are your best friends on the cast?
Maisie Williams I hang out with a lot, and then Natalie Dormer and Sibel Kekilli particularly. Every time when I was in Croatia with Sibel she'd say, "Let's go to the pools" so we'd go to the spa together and then we'd go shopping together. We're very close. Sibel is like an older sister and so is Nat Dormer, they're just really lovely people. The boys like Richard Madden and Kit Harrington they've always felt like older brothers to me. They're always giving me advice - like if they're smoking they'll say, "Don't ever smoke! " and things like that. Everyone just has a really good relationship with everyone else and there’s not one person on the cast that I don't like.
What one thing about "Game of Thrones" would people not know?
Oooh, let me think. The wine is disgusting, it's like grape juice and everyone hates it—it's gag worthy. (OP: If you haven't listened to the 'Blackwater' commentary, please do. Peter and Lena go on and on about the grossness of the wine and it's hilarious.) The props people are working on it though so every season it tastes that little bit better. What else? Oh yes, a lot of the candles that you see are actually lit by me. That's a little inside secret: Sophie's wild with a blowtorch.
Has Sansa hardened up as a result of all she's seen?
She is tougher but what works for her is pretending and putting on this front. Originally she was this naïve, innocent girl and if she keeps that up then no-one's going to suspect her if she tries to do anything. She's got this little disguise. That gives her something she can use to her advantage.
New still (with Antonia Clarke) and a short snippet of The Thirteenth Tale
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This March twins realness rn.
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I found her last comment really interesting in terms of how Sansa was written last season. There were some moments where she came across as almost too naive (even compared to book!Sansa), so it's interesting that Sophie sees that as all part of her disguise. Idk if the writers meant it that way, but I'm glad that's her interpretation.
This interview is newly published, but talks about Season 3. I included some cute quotes about the cast and an interesting one about show!Sansa.
As a viewer the atmosphere in King's Landing looks horrible, but I imagine that when you're there with Lena Headey or Jack Gleeson it's not quite like that.
No, we have the most fun ever on set. Jack's just super nice and Lena is hilarious. She always puts on this Somerset accent, I don't know why. We kind of play it back and forth to each other and we have a really good relationship. Everyone is just so light-hearted on set and joking around all the time so nothing ever gets too depressing, even when it looks that way on screen.
It must be tough for Jack playing one of the most despicable characters on television?
He's so nice and I just feel for him. But I mean it's a credit to his acting that he gets all this hate because he is the nicest guy and there's not one bad bone in his body. <3333333333
Who are your best friends on the cast?
Maisie Williams I hang out with a lot, and then Natalie Dormer and Sibel Kekilli particularly. Every time when I was in Croatia with Sibel she'd say, "Let's go to the pools" so we'd go to the spa together and then we'd go shopping together. We're very close. Sibel is like an older sister and so is Nat Dormer, they're just really lovely people. The boys like Richard Madden and Kit Harrington they've always felt like older brothers to me. They're always giving me advice - like if they're smoking they'll say, "Don't ever smoke! " and things like that. Everyone just has a really good relationship with everyone else and there’s not one person on the cast that I don't like.
What one thing about "Game of Thrones" would people not know?
Oooh, let me think. The wine is disgusting, it's like grape juice and everyone hates it—it's gag worthy. (OP: If you haven't listened to the 'Blackwater' commentary, please do. Peter and Lena go on and on about the grossness of the wine and it's hilarious.) The props people are working on it though so every season it tastes that little bit better. What else? Oh yes, a lot of the candles that you see are actually lit by me. That's a little inside secret: Sophie's wild with a blowtorch.
Has Sansa hardened up as a result of all she's seen?
She is tougher but what works for her is pretending and putting on this front. Originally she was this naïve, innocent girl and if she keeps that up then no-one's going to suspect her if she tries to do anything. She's got this little disguise. That gives her something she can use to her advantage.
New still (with Antonia Clarke) and a short snippet of The Thirteenth Tale
This March twins realness rn.
Sources:123
I found her last comment really interesting in terms of how Sansa was written last season. There were some moments where she came across as almost too naive (even compared to book!Sansa), so it's interesting that Sophie sees that as all part of her disguise. Idk if the writers meant it that way, but I'm glad that's her interpretation.