Williams and Turner met for the first time at one of their auditions and were partnered together for a chemistry read.
MAISIE WILLIAMS (Arya Stark): I came out of it thinking: “Even if I don’t get the part of Arya, I want Sophie to get the part of Sansa.
DAVID BENIOFF: Maisie and Sophie liked each other right away. There was real chemistry even though the characters are not supposed to like each other at that point. From then on, they would be, like, giggling and laughing together, then the second you say, “Action,” they were at each other’s throats in a completely believable way. Being friends makes it easier for actors to play hostility between them. It was the same with Peter and Lena.
NINA GOLD: From the first read-through, they just became inseparable.
Williams and Turner would later get matching tattoos of the date “07.08.09,” commemorating their casting.
SOPHIE TURNER (Sansa Stark): That date always meant a lot to us, and we always said we were gonna get it done. We’d been filming [season seven] for a week and were having the best time ever, and so we were like, “Fuck it, let’s just do it!”
SOPHIE TURNER (Sansa Stark): I’m quite sad about it. This is everything I’d ever known. This has been my home. I spent more time there than I had at home. The saddest part is I don’t get to be Sansa, Maisie doesn’t get to be Arya. I won’t see Maisie in her costume anymore, I won’t be able to be in my costume and play this character. We don’t get to interact on that level, which is sad, because their relationship is a big part of who Maisie and I are.
—Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon: Game of Thrones and the Official Untold Story of the Epic Series by James Hibberd
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