--- ---  # Maisie Williams Accepts Guinness World Record on Behalf of _Game of Thrones_ ## Video: Game of Thrones: A Graphic Refresher [Watch (HLS stream): Game of Thrones: A Graphic Refresher](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/cz9txShM.m3u8) (1:34)  _Published 2015-04-09. What happened to your favorite characters last season in Westeros_ by [Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly Sep 1, 2015 11:16 AM UTC  Maisie Williams at Comic-Con 2015 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif., on July 11, 2015. Maisie Williams at Comic-Con 2015 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif., on July 11, 2015.Ethan Miller—Getty Images by [Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly Sep 1, 2015 11:16 AM UTC Season 5 of _Game of Thrones_ was one for the record books – literally. EW can reveal that the wildly popular HBO show will be featured in the 2016 edition of the Guinness World Records, and we have your exclusive first look at Arya Stark – er, Maisie Williams – accepting the honor on behalf of the cast and crew. _Game of Thrones_ aired the largest simultaneous broadcast of a television drama when the second episode of the most recent season was simulcast to 173 countries and territories around the world, beginning at 2 a.m. on April 20. Williams made a play to break a world record by skydiving for a [good cause](https://www.justgiving.com/Maisie-Williams1/) this summer, planning to jump out of a plane at 15,000 feet. However, according to Williams’ Twitter feed, “[good old British weather](https://twitter.com/Maisie%5FWilliams/status/612211162529312768)” ruined the fun and the jump was [postponed](https://twitter.com/Maisie%5FWilliams/status/612211238790148096). But, at least she’ll be able to share in this glory with the rest of the cast and crew. The 2016 edition of Guinness World Records will be released Sept. 10. [_This article originally appeared on Entertainment Weekly.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/31/game-thrones-maisie-williams-guinness-world-record) Maisie Williams Accepts Guinness Record for Game of Thrones ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4018356/maisie-williams-game-of-thrones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4018356/maisie-williams-game-of-thrones/"},"headline":"Maisie Williams Accepts Guinness World Record on Behalf of Game of Thrones","datePublished":"2015-09-01T11:16:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:10.412Z","description":"The show won the record for largest simultaneous broadcast of a television drama","url":"https://time.com/4018356/maisie-williams-game-of-thrones/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","Maisie Williams"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44084391a09219ce/69885f0f0a4a2238bd9c595d/gettyimages-480604340.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44084391a09219ce/69885f0f0a4a2238bd9c595d/gettyimages-480604340.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Maisie Williams","caption":"Maisie Williams","creditText":"Ethan Miller—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4018356/maisie-williams-game-of-thrones/","name":"Maisie Williams Accepts Guinness World Record on Behalf of Game of Thrones"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Game of Thrones: A Graphic Refresher","description":"What happened to your favorite characters last season in Westeros","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/cz9txShM/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-09T23:35:57.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/cz9txShM.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4018356/maisie-williams-game-of-thrones/","duration":"PT1M34S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4018356/maisie-williams-game-of-thrones/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```