--- title: Game of Thrones: Sophie Turner Reunited With Ned Stark description: Sophie Turner has apparently been missing her onscreen father, Sean Bean, since he was killed off in Game of Thrones' first season. canonical: https://time.com/5418669/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-ned-stark-reunion/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-08T18:58:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T08:02:08.020Z og:title: Sansa Had an Emotional Reunion With a Game of Thrones Star og:description: We all miss him too, Sansa og:url: https://time.com/5418669/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-ned-stark-reunion/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ace855c40eea2e0/698893fda988ca05f46b7ed1/sophie-turner.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4058 og:image:height: 2283 og:image:alt: Sophie Turner og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sansa Had an Emotional Reunion With a Game of Thrones Star twitter:description: We all miss him too, Sansa twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ace855c40eea2e0/698893fda988ca05f46b7ed1/sophie-turner.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sophie Turner Had a Very Emotional Reunion With This Former _Game of Thrones_ Star > Sponsored content. 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Judging by [Sansa](http://time.com/5408551/sophie-turner-thrones-end/) and Arya’s [final scene together](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjkdNeXBVn0) in season 7 of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4913247/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date/), it’s clear the Stark sisters have never stopped missing their father. But [Sophie Turner](http://time.com/5408494/sophie-turner-baby-shark/) has apparently been missing him offscreen as well. During an appearanceat New York Comic-Con on Saturday, Turner told [_Entertainment Weekly_](https://ew.com/tv/2018/10/06/sophie-turner-game-of-thrones-new-york-comic-con/) that she got super emotional when she was reunited with Sean Bean—who played Ned Stark in _Thrones_‘ first season—for a forthcoming season 8 featurette. Ned was killed off in the HBO drama’s ninth episode of season one when King Joffrey ordered Ser Ilyn Payne to behead him for treason, a twist that shocked fans. “We did a behind-the-scenes thing on the final season,” she said. “We had big panel where Sean Bean came back and everything. That was really emotional. I saw him and burst into tears. I wasn’t expecting that!” Let’s just hope the reunion went better for Turner and Bean than their last scene together. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] The dinners we have are definitely not that Well- mannered, with their little boosters and that. There's usually wine, and you're usually looking at each other as opposed to staring ahead. [ MUSIC ] It's difficult to not start laughing and making jokes. I mean, Peter, I mean it's impossible for him to take away two minutes without making some sort of funny observation. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] This group of people, I've been working with for eight years. It's been a roller coaster, it's been a ride. Each season, you feel closer and you feel sort of the club has just been going on for a while. 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