--- title: Maisie Williams Dropped Some Unexpected 'Thrones' Clues description: In a new interview, Maisie Williams dropped clues about Arya's close relationship with Sansa for the final 'Game of Thrones' season. canonical: https://time.com/5558873/maisie-williams-game-of-thrones-s8/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-26T15:22:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:22.857Z og:title: Maisie Williams Dropped Some Unexpected 'Thrones' Clues og:description: Williams alluded to Arya's close relationship with her sister Sansa Stark og:url: https://time.com/5558873/maisie-williams-game-of-thrones-s8/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Maisie Williams Dropped Some Unexpected 'Thrones' Clues twitter:description: Williams alluded to Arya's close relationship with her sister Sansa Stark twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Maisie Williams Is Dropping Some Oddly Heartwarming Clues About _Game of Thrones_ Season 8 ## Video: The Final Season of Game of Thrones Is Here. Who Will Win the Iron Throne? [Watch (HLS stream): The Final Season of Game of Thrones Is Here. Who Will Win the Iron Throne?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/hZmr87c4.m3u8) (2:25)  _Published 2019-03-13. The Final Season of Game of Thrones Is One Month Away. Who Will Win the Iron Throne?_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 26, 2019 3:22 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 26, 2019 3:22 PM UTC **Warning**: This story may contain spoilers for _Game of Thrones_. It’s a case of fantasy copying real life: actors [Maisie Williams](http://time.com/5558747/maisie-williams-sophie-turner/) and [Sophie Turner](http://time.com/5554801/sophie-turner-ny-rangers/) are close friends offscreen. And now it turns out that their onscreen characters, as sisters Arya Stark and Sansa Stark in [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/5550981/game-of-thrones-who-will-win/), get to be just as in-step in the fictional universe — “no acting required,” as Williams [told _Entertainment Weekly_](https://ew.com/tv/2019/03/25/maisie-williams-game-of-thrones-season-8/) in a new interview about the upcoming _Thrones_ season eight. (The two have spent most of the show’s arc on separate sides of the land of [Westeros](http://time.com/5405887/maisie-williams-direwolf-bread-recipe/), fighting their own battles.) “It’s not often you see a character siding with Sansa who’s not manipulating her,” Williams told _EW_. “Last season it was [really tough](http://time.com/5408551/sophie-turner-thrones-end/) for Sansa because Jon was thinking with his penis and it kind of made Sansa look bitter. This season you see Arya teaming with Sansa and sometimes calling out Jon. It felt nice and powerful to stand next to Sophie. Sophie and I are the tightest of friends when sitting across from anyone, so no acting required.” That bodes well for those who want the Stark sisters to finally have a happy moment, given their tumultuous journeys back to Winterfell on the show so far. Williams also reflected on her own character’s challenging path forward after her adventures with the [Faceless Men](http://time.com/5361088/game-of-thrones-maisie-williams-arya-stark-jacket/) in Braavos: “So there’s this split with Arya between trying to be who she wants to be — getting back to the naïveté and innocence with her family — and unfinished business.” If all of that sounds promising, great. But don’t get too excited. “There’s a lot of death this year,” Williams also said. 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