--- title: Maisie Williams Knows How Game of Thrones Ends VIDEO description: Maisie Williams may not be willing to reveal how Game of Thrones ends, but she isn't shy about letting fans in on the fact that she knows. canonical: https://time.com/5168309/maisie-williams-jimmy-kimmel-game-of-thrones-ending/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-21T16:20:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:47.496Z og:title: Maisie Williams Is Thrilled to Know How Game of Thrones Ends og:description: "It's just surreal" og:url: https://time.com/5168309/maisie-williams-jimmy-kimmel-game-of-thrones-ending/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt778da650cb9df784/6989285d7cdbac4386d5c090/screen-shot-2018-02-21-at-10-23-12-am.png?branch=production&width=931&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 931 og:image:height: 524 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2018-02-21 at 10.23.12 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Maisie Williams Is Thrilled to Know How Game of Thrones Ends twitter:description: "It's just surreal" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt778da650cb9df784/6989285d7cdbac4386d5c090/screen-shot-2018-02-21-at-10-23-12-am.png?branch=production&width=931&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Maisie Williams Really Wants You to Know She Knows How _Game of Thrones_ Ends > Sponsored content. 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ABC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 21, 2018 4:20 PM UTC [Maisie Williams](http://time.com/5124705/maisie-williams-false-game-of-thrones-story/) may not be willing to reveal how the [eighth and final season](http://time.com/5088555/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date-2/) of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/) ultimately shakes out, but she definitely isn’t shy about letting fans in on the fact that she knows. During a Tuesday appearance on _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ to promote her new animated movie _Early Man_, the 20-year-old actor couldn’t resist bragging a little bit about her _Thrones_ insider knowledge. “I know the end of _Game of Thrones_,” she smugly told Kimmel before going on to explain how she felt when she read the final script. “It’s just surreal to be honest. Like being with this show for so long and then it also having the following that it does, it’s just everyone is waiting for this moment and then you read it and it’s incredible.” Unfortunately for those of us who don’t play Arya Stark, _Thrones_ isn’t set to return until 2019, meaning the earliest we’ll find out how it ends is sometime next spring. Looks like it’s time to binge-watch the entire series again to search for more clues. 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