--- title: Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams Practiced Signing Autographs description: Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams revealed that when 'Game of Thrones' first began, they took time to perfect their signatures. canonical: https://time.com/4866199/sophie-turner-maisie-williams-signatures-twitter/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-20T15:25:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:24:20.819Z og:title: How the Stark Sisters Prepared for Thrones Fame Together og:description: "We practiced these for days" og:url: https://time.com/4866199/sophie-turner-maisie-williams-signatures-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ef38b3652d49764/6988d67497cdff28d86b1acd/sophie-turner-maisie-williams-signatures.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Featured Session: Game of Thrones - 2017 SXSW Conference and Festivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How the Stark Sisters Prepared for Thrones Fame Together twitter:description: "We practiced these for days" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ef38b3652d49764/6988d67497cdff28d86b1acd/sophie-turner-maisie-williams-signatures.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's the Adorable Way Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams Practiced for _Game of Thrones_ Fame Together > Sponsored content. 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"Game of Thrones" stars Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams are proving they’re sisters for life._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 20, 2017 3:25 PM UTC "Game of Thrones" stars Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams are proving they’re sisters for life.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 20, 2017 3:25 PM UTC [Sophie Turner](http://time.com/4773779/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-sansa-stark/) and [Maisie Williams](http://time.com/4766835/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-on-maisie-williams-strength/) have played the most badass sisters onscreen as Sansa and Arya Stark in [_Game of Thrones_ ](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/) for the past six years, but much to the delight of fans everywhere, the duo are also [best friend goals in real life](http://time.com/4801073/maisie-williams-sophie-turner-game-of-thrones/). So it should come as no surprise that the pair had a sweet moment on Wednesday when they looked back on an activity that they used to do when they had just been casted for the cult HBO series: practicing signing their autographs. It all began when a Twitter user posted a photo online of the pair’s signatures on a Game of Thrones book, captioning it “Maisie and Sophie’s quality 2009 signatures.” > [](https://twitter.com/danysdragonn/status/887394443837550592) Williams replied to the tweet by letting the fan in on a secret: she and Turner had actually practiced their signatures for days! > [](https://twitter.com/Maisie%5FWilliams/status/887695072208224258) Turner confirmed that this was true, adding that they had practiced “for hours” before heading to a book signing. > [](https://twitter.com/SophieT/status/887706378390970368) Long live the Sisters Stark! ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4866199/sophie-turner-maisie-williams-signatures-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4866199/sophie-turner-maisie-williams-signatures-twitter/"},"headline":"Here's the Adorable Way Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams Practiced for Game of Thrones Fame Together","datePublished":"2017-07-20T15:25:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-08T09:24:20.819Z","description":"\"We practiced these for days\"","url":"https://time.com/4866199/sophie-turner-maisie-williams-signatures-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","game of thrones","celebrities","viral","twitter","Maisie Williams","Sophie Turner"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ef38b3652d49764/6988d67497cdff28d86b1acd/sophie-turner-maisie-williams-signatures.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ef38b3652d49764/6988d67497cdff28d86b1acd/sophie-turner-maisie-williams-signatures.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Featured Session: Game of Thrones - 2017 SXSW Conference and Festivals","caption":"Featured Session: Game of Thrones - 2017 SXSW Conference and Festivals","creditText":"Amy E. 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