--- title: Game of Thrones: Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams Tribute description: When "Game of Thrones" fever fades, the friendship between stars Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams will probably still be going strong canonical: https://time.com/4801073/maisie-williams-sophie-turner-game-of-thrones/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-01T15:01:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T07:24:40.000Z og:title: Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams Prove Their Friendship Will Outlive Everyone on 'Game of Thrones' Again og:description: Despite never having shared a single scene together on the show, they've become close og:url: https://time.com/4801073/maisie-williams-sophie-turner-game-of-thrones/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt76fe22d37b76eb32/6988be1d0b72e36f476ecef8/sophie-turner-maisie-williams-carpool-karaoke.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Featured Session: Game of Thrones - 2017 SXSW Conference and Festivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams Prove Their Friendship Will Outlive Everyone on 'Game of Thrones' Again twitter:description: Despite never having shared a single scene together on the show, they've become close twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt76fe22d37b76eb32/6988be1d0b72e36f476ecef8/sophie-turner-maisie-williams-carpool-karaoke.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams Prove Their Friendship Will Outlive Everyone on _Game of Thrones_ Again > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 13, 2023 7:24 AM UTCPublished: Jun 1, 2017 3:01 PM UTC  Actors Sophie Turner (L) and Maisie Williams attend onstage at 'Featured Session: Game of Thrones' during 2017 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Austin Convention Center on March 12, 2017 in Austin, Texas. Actors Sophie Turner (L) and Maisie Williams attend onstage at 'Featured Session: Game of Thrones' during 2017 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Austin Convention Center on March 12, 2017 in Austin, Texas. Amy E. Price/Getty Images for SXSW by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 13, 2023 7:24 AM UTCPublished: Jun 1, 2017 3:01 PM UTC When [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4798917/harvard-game-of-thrones-class/) fever fades, the friendship between stars Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams will probably still be going strong. The Arya Stark actor, Williams, and Turner — who plays her onscreen sister, Sansa — really adore each other. Despite never having shared a single scene [together on the show](http://time.com/4689569/game-of-thrones-maisie-williams-sophie-turner-friendship/), they’ve become close since the HBO drama’s early days. So when a Sansa Stark fan account shared a particularly cute tweet full of screen shots recognizing how these two are both always saying the sweetest things about each other in [interviews](http://ti.me/2qD9rry), Turner loved it. > [](https://twitter.com/amanltacaplan/status/869601268989394945) So, she responded by flagging the tribute to her co-star. > [](https://twitter.com/SophieT/status/869632574154567680) Williams responded with the maximum amount of best friend love possible in a tweet, and it was an emotional time. > [](https://twitter.com/Maisie%5FWilliams/status/870013966457593856) Characters on the show — they come, they go. But this friendship may just last forever. The seventh season returns on July 16. **Correction:** The original version of this story misstated which actors play which characters on Game of Thrones. 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