Game of Thrones Actress Opens Up About Personal Struggles During Filming

Child star

A true global success, Game Of Thrones reigned supreme over the genre of fantasy series for almost 8 years. The work thus allowed the public to discover a good number of actors and actresses, then propelled to the rank of global superstars, despite the young age of some of them. This is the case of Maisie Williams, who started playing Arya Stark when she was just 12 years old at the time.

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It's in the pages of Hollywood Reporter that she confided in the difficulty that this role represented at such a young age. For her, The experience as a child star was far from easy, as she had to juggle her portrayal of Arya Stark with her own quest for personality. An exercise that she explains was extremely difficult to manage. “I was lost, and I knew it” she declares. “When I couldn't figure out my own identity within it all, it caused me a lot of discomfort.” she finished.

Sudden fame

Now aged 26, the actress has had the time to take the necessary perspective on this situation which she now only refers to as “a formative period in his life”. A transition which, again according to the main interested party, was necessary because it allowed her to lead her business in Hollywood where the competition is extremely tough. But Maisie Williams is far from the only one for whom the filming of Game of Thrones was a test.

In fact, Kit Harington – interpreter of Jon Snow – had, at the time, also experienced this sudden burst of popularity very badly. An experience which has also led the actor to the point of depression after the publication of the final episodes of the saga. He, in fact, had a lot of difficulty separating himself from the aura of his character which pursued him even beyond the show. “People treated me like him, who was a hero and a good person, but in life I didn't feel like one at all. And I think that's what hurt me psychologically“, he explains in the columns of Times. “It was even more difficult because fans expected me to act like the hero they had grown to love on the show. The disappointment is on their face as soon as you open your mouth“, he says.