Interview Roundup: The Starks (and Hodor) Speak
Maisie Williams might be a powerhouse now, but when she first landed the role of Arya on Game of Thrones, her only goal was to make enough money to buy a new laptop. Speaking to The Guardian, Williams talks about her life, her looks, and her dream job, which isn’t necessarily as an actress.
"I know my looks are kind of weird – compared to other actors my age – but they work for me. I might not be a classically beautiful leading lady, but that means I’ll play a different sort of leading lady. Does it get to me? Sometimes, but honestly I’m very confident about the future."
At age 19, it’s hard to believe that Williams was just 12 when she first appeared on the show, especially when you consider where Arya is now compared to where she started. Williams talks about her family with passion, especially when it comes to defending their decision to allow her to drop out of school ahead of her General Certificate of Secondary Education so that she could focus on the show. Williams was also the target of internet bullying at the age of 13, a year after Game of Thrones had premiered.
"You can say what you want about me but I never got into this career for people to be nasty about my family. I can have this crazy lifestyle, not going to school, being on set all the time but that’s my choice. When I came into this industry I was just a regular girl, now I know people can twist what you say. That’s really tough."
As far making enough money for that new laptop is concerned, I’m sure you know that answer, but Williams tells it much better:
"My step-dad Gary just looked at me and said: “I think there’ll be enough for a couple of laptops Maisie”"
She could also begin to pay for her own dance lessons, which, by the way, is what Williams says she would probably be doing if she wasn’t acting on Game of Thrones.
Moving on to another Stark child, Mashable talked to Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran) about Game of Thrones swag. Wright, who had been up for a while celebrating the return of the show, got a little silly.
According to the actor, Funko hasn’t made a Bran Stark figure yet, which is crazy. I would imagine that after Season 6, we will see Bran Funko’s popping up all over the place. He also talked about what Bran would need to keep himself busy in the cave while he trains under the Three-Eyed Raven:
"I recon he’d like just a long, drawn out game because he’s stuck in a cave with all those guys. He needs a really drawn-out, monotonous game to play. I don’t think Hodor would be great [at it], but Bran would win all the time. He’d really enjoy that."
Speaking of Hodor, Vulture spoke to actor Kristian Nairn. The Norther Irish actor, who will return to Game of Thrones as Hodor after a year’s absence, told the online magazine how he learned what counts as a spoiler, because apparently, it’s gotten him in trouble in the past:
"Yeah. I don’t work for NASA, I don’t have state secrets, I don’t work for Obama’s administration … I’m a fucking actor! [Laughs.] I’m not telling secrets that would hurt the country, you know what I mean? They’re probably not that important. But sometimes, it’s like, “You must not talk about this. You must not talk about that.” And obviously, it’s for the consumption of the public, so you don’t want to spoil things for them."
Nairn was also asked about Kit Harington and the now infamous Harington Hair Watch:
"Yes! It’s like, yes, he was in Belfast. But he could be doing flashbacks. He could be doing a funeral scene. Leave him alone! Leave the poor guy alone!"
Oh Hodor, you aren’t fooling anyone. It’s probably best that you just keep to the Hodoring, because we wouldn’t want you to get in so much trouble that Benioff and Weiss kill you. Speaking of that, this is how Nairn thinks the gentle giant should kick the bucket:
"I’d love some grand end for him. Lots of fireworks and explosions. It would be like a Michael Bay film. Huge, transforming robots, falling out of the sky. Is that dramatic enough? And then I die with a cyber-spear in my chest."
I think we just got an early glimpse of the Transformers 5 script. Dammit, Hodor! You just can’t help spoiling things.
