Maisie Williams on her shocking Game of Thrones scene: "At first, I thought it was a prank"

Entertainment Weekly

Williams' surprise scene made Arya the No. 1 Twitter trending topic in the world Sunday night as Google searches for "Maisie Williams age" skyrocketed. “At first, I thought it was a prank,” Williams tells EW. “I was like, ‘Yo, good one.’ And (the showrunners were) like, ‘No, we haven’t done that this year.’ Oh f*ck!” Williams was first alerted to the scene by her Sophie Turner. “I got to the read-through and I’m reading the scene and thought, ‘Oh, we’re actually going to do this," says Williams. "When do I shoot this? I need to go to the gym.’ A whole list of things.” Since Williams joined Game of Thrones at age 11, she didn't have a nudity clause in her contract. So she was given the option how much or how little to show. “David and Dan were like: ‘You can show as much or as little as you want,’” Williams says. “So I kept myself pretty private. I don’t think it’s important for Arya to flash. This beat isn’t really about that. And everybody else has already done it on the show, so… “

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