Maisie Williams thought Arya Stark was actually queer in Game of Thrones until that sex scene: ‘That was a surprise’

‘I believed that Arya was queer, you recognize?’ (Image: HBO/BSkyB/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)

Maisie Williams truly thought her Recreation of Thrones hero Arya Stark was queer till her intercourse scene with Gendry within the last season. 

Arya was among the many few characters to outlive Recreation of Thrones, and earlier than she fled Winterfell for brand new adventures, she misplaced her virginity to Gendry (Joe Dempsie). 

Three years on from the divisive finale, Maisie has revealed she was stunned by the second Arya slept with Gendry once they have been reunited after a number of years. 

‘The primary time that I used to be stunned by Arya I assume was most likely within the last collection the place she whips off her garments and sleeps with Gendry,’ she chuckled.

‘I believed that Arya was queer, you recognize? So… yeah. That was a shock.’

Again in 2019 after the episode aired, Maisie admitted she thought the scene was a joke attributable to creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’ monitor file of sending out pretend scripts to forged members. 

Maisie was stunned by the Heya and Gentry intercourse scene (Image: HBO/TNI PRESS LTD.)

Since Recreation of Thrones, Maisie continues to develop from power to power (Image: WireImage)

‘At first, I believed it was a prank. I used to be like, “Yo, good one.” And [the showrunners were] like, “No, we haven’t performed that this 12 months.” Oh f**ok!’ she mentioned.

‘I acquired to the read-through and I’m studying the scene and thought, “Oh, we’re truly going to do that. When do I shoot this? I have to go to the health club.” An entire listing of issues.’ 

Since Recreation of Thrones ended, Maisie has performed the lead in Sky’s epic thriller Two Weeks To Reside and most lately starred as iconic pink queen Jordan in Danny Boyle’s Intercourse Pistol biopic, Pistol. 

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