Sophie Turner Chats About The Emotional Final Season Of Game Of Thrones
Sophie Turner has opened up about the final season of Game Of Thrones. The young actress recently began work on the final season of the hit HBO show and a few thoughts to share about the bittersweet moment. Highlights are below.
On the feelings on set as the cast began to return for the final season: “It was very, very bittersweet. The first day of the actors coming in and that kind of production starting, the day where we had the final read through for the final script… it was really bittersweet. It was hard. At the end of the very last script, they read aloud, “End of Game of Thrones.” As soon as they read that out, pretty much everyone burst into tears. There was a standing ovation for [showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss]. We were all clapping and cheering. It was amazing. It was the first time every single cast member had been there and sat through all of the scripts for season eight — obviously not cast members who had died in the earlier seasons”.
On how she felt after the final table read: “I’m getting goosebumps now thinking about it. It was a shock to the system. We actually realized, reading that ‘end of Game of Thrones line; [at the end of the table read], that that was it. When you’re in it, you don’t really see an end point. It’s just an ongoing thing you’re living with. It was a real shock. It was really sad, but there was an immense amount of pride, too. We realized we had done it. We had created this amazing thing, and that’s it now. It was just a feeling of pride. I was proud of David and Dan, and I was looking around at all of the other cast members around the table, nodding at them, and saying: “Well done. We’ve done it.” It was the craziest feeling. It’s the biggest project we’ll ever do. We’ve put our hearts and souls into it. Saying goodbye to it means putting parts of our hearts and souls behind. But we also know we’ve given it everything that we’ve got.”
You can check out more from Sophie’s interview here. Game Of Thrones will return to HBO in 2019.
This whole waiting thing is ridic.