Why Sophie Turner Isn’t Interested in Watching the Game of Thrones Spinoff Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Regarding A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Sophie Turner has a strong opinion. The former cast member of Game of Thrones, who portrayed Sansa Stark from 2011 to 2019, acknowledged that she has no intention of watching the newest HBO spinoff series.
"If I'm totally honest, anything Game of Thrones, I don't think I can [watch]," in an Instagram video posted on January 20, Sophie informed reporter James B. Street. "I can't even hear the theme tune. It gives me crazy anxiety."
The 29-year-old, who is the mother to daughters Willa, 5, and Delphine, 3, with her ex-husband Joe Jonas, said, "I don't know why—I had the best time on that show—but I can't watch anything related to it."
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Sophie offered words of support for Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell, the main cast members of Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, even though her position suggests that she hasn't seen House of the Dragon either.
"I'm really excited for the actors on it, and I think it'll probably be incredible, because it is that universe,” the actress from Do Revenge went on, “so, good luck to everyone involved."
She came to the conclusion, "I won't be watching it, but I'll be rooting for you."
Sophie has described the highs and lows of being on the set of the most popular program in the world, even though her dislike of the Game of Thrones universe may be somewhat subconscious.
“Because the subject matter was so heavy, people felt like they could talk to me like an adult,” in an interview on January 4, she gave Porter an explanation. “The way you’re treated outside of your job is also as an adult, when you’re still a 13-year-old girl, and that’s hard. On the job, I felt like an equal to my peers. But starting in the industry young is not that fun for life outside of set.”
Sophie therefore took the deliberate decision to stop watching Game of Thrones when it ended in 2019.
“I had a bit of an identity crisis and needed to step away entirely from that world for a couple of years,” she added. “It was like a death, that show finishing. We all had to go away and process it a bit.”
Finally, she said, “I needed time to figure out who I was, what I wanted, who I was as an actor.”
“I had a bit of an identity crisis and needed to step away entirely from that world for a couple of years,” she added. “It was like a death, that show finishing. We all had to go away and process it a bit.”
Finally, she said, “I needed time to figure out who I was, what I wanted, who I was as an actor.”
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