Maisie Williams on The Falling, which now has a U.S. release date

Game of Thrones isn’t the only thing the cast members of the wildly popular show are asked about. While at the most recent San Diego Comic Con, ETOnline spoke to Maisie Williams about The Falling, an indie drama where Williams plays an impressionable boarding school attendee named Lydia.

The last time we reported on this story, The Falling had been released in the United Kingdom, but we weren’t sure if it would see any play stateside. Fortunately, we now know that the movie will be released in select theaters in the United States on August 7th. It’ll also be available through Video on Demand and through Digital HD.

That’s good news for Williams, who wasn’t sure if the films’ sensibilities would translate. “It’s a very different movie — it’s a very British movie,” she said. “I was wondering how the all-girls, 1969 sexual hysteria thing was going to go down, but people seem to like it.”

Obviously, Williams’ role in The Falling is a far cry from anything she’s done on Game of Thrones. While Arya is a tomboy, Lydia is a bookish teen who’s very close, perhaps too close, to her best friend, the beautiful land popular Abbie (Florence Pugh). When Abbie shows an increasing interest in boys, Lydia becomes “envious and judgmental.” Around the same time, a rash of fainting runs through the all-girls academy where both Lydia and Abbie attend school. If the incredibly creepy poster for the movie is any indication, they’re at the center of the epidemic, although the details as to how are unclear.

FYI: This is not a horror movie, although you’d be forgiven for thinking otherwise.

As far as Williams is concerned, the contrasts with Arya are a good thing. “I think [Game of Thrones fans] are going to think [Lydia] is very, very strange, but that’s exactly why I wanted to do it, because for me this character is someone that I saw so much of myself in,” she said. “I hope that people just watch this film with an open mind rather than thinking, ‘Is she going to kill anyone again?!'”

I like that Williams is choosing to go with smaller, artsier fair for her foray into film, a direct contrast to some of her Game of Thrones costars. If and when she does choose to act in big studio productions, movies like this will have given her a solid foundation. In the meantime, The Falling looks intriguing, and Williams is a fine pitchman.

“Movies are supposed to make you feel. They’re supposed to make you happy, sad, angry. They’re supposed to make you feel something or at least talk about it, even if you hate it. I feel like that’s what this movie does, so I’m thrilled.”

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