10 Interesting Facts About The Making Of Game Of Thrones
1. The Producers Went Through Hundreds Of Actresses Before They Found Maisie Williams
George R. R. Martin is a master when it comes to writing great characters. His books are crammed with distinctive and nuanced personalities that are amongst the best in the genre.
Making the right casting choices, therefore, was vital to the show’s success, and there was one character that was a real struggle for executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss:
“We must have seen 300 Aryas…Nobody was right…Nobody had that realness we were looking for.”
Given the adult nature of Game of Thrones, so many auditionees didn’t fit into the tone of the show. The producers needed someone who could play a child character in a dark, gritty, and brutal world, and they knew they’d found the right person after watching Maisie Williams’ audition tape.
Williams was then asked to perform alongside those who had been shortlisted to play Sansa, and she clicked with Sophie Turner at once. Amazingly, both Arya and Sana survived to the end of Season 8, and the actresses remain firm friends to this day.
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