Sophie Turner confirms that cast has Game of Thrones Season 7 scripts

As Game of Thrones reaches the final years of production, with shorter seasons, delayed filming schedules and simply less of everything, those of us who are used to this being a year-round production cycle have been experiencing withdrawal symptoms. But there is light in a dark place this week. The first signs that production for Season 7 is revving up have arrived.

This week, while attending Variety‘s Power of Young Hollywood event, Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) let slip that she’s got the scripts for Game of Thrones Season 7. That means that most of the cast probably does as well, although only cast members at Turner’s level get the whole script. Many of the secondary characters only get their scenes, in order to keep spoilers better under wraps. Here she responding to a question about how she thinks the show will end.

It sounds like she’s keeping Sansa’s options open.

On the subject of the show ending, Turner admitted to Variety that the surviving cast is very sad.

"We kinda always knew it would be seven or eight seasons. It’s really sad. It’s really uncomfortable to think about my life without ‘Game of Thrones.’ Not only has it been like a family — going to see a family every summer — but it’s also been a safety net. When I finish this I don’t actually know what’s going to happen. I might slip into a deep, deep depression because I won’t know what to do with myself. It’s going to be very strange. I feel people are going to miss it dearly."

Yes, the TV show ending will be sad. But The Winds of Winter is hopefully close to being done. (Although A Dream of Spring is most likely still years and years away). We can continue to wait for the next book to see how Martin’s version of the story differs from what we see on screen.

Finally, Turner also sounded off about what Sansa’s death scene may look like, although it doesn’t sound like she was being terribly serious. “A long, slow episode-lasting death, where it’s just one long scene of my death and no one else,” she joked. “And it’s going to be the last episode of the last season.”