--- title: After 'Thrones' Maisie Williams Will Do Whatever She Wants description: The actor — who famously plays Arya Stark on 'Game of Thrones' — is looking forward to being "free" after 'Thrones' wraps its final season. canonical: https://time.com/5007340/maisie-williams-after-thrones/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-02T17:22:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:26.871Z og:title: After 'Thrones' Maisie Williams Will Do Whatever She Wants og:description: Arya Stark will finally be "free" og:url: https://time.com/5007340/maisie-williams-after-thrones/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a9be622bf477bc2/6988e45797cdff68376b319d/maisie-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Celebrity Sighting : Day Eight- Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2017/2018 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: After 'Thrones' Maisie Williams Will Do Whatever She Wants twitter:description: Arya Stark will finally be "free" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a9be622bf477bc2/6988e45797cdff68376b319d/maisie-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # After _Game of Thrones_, Maisie Williams Is Mainly Going to Focus on Doing Whatever She Wants > Sponsored content. 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Maisie Williams is seen arriving at Miu Miu fashion show during the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2017/2018 on March 7, 2017 in Paris, France. Jacopo Raule—GC Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 2, 2017 5:22 PM UTC Arya Stark has big plans post-Westeros. That is, [actor Maisie Williams](http://time.com/4985545/maisie-williams-congratulates-sophie-turner-engagement/) — who has played the resilient character of Arya for six years now — must have internalized the younger Stark sister’s independent streak, because she’s planning on taking her free time after the world’s [most popular show](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/) wraps its eighth and final season to go rogue. Well, she’s hoping to work on independent films instead of mainstream TV or movies, anyway. “I’m really excited for _Game of Thrones_ to finish and there’s going to be time for me to do whatever I want,” the 20-year-old actor [told BBC Newsbeat](http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/41831839/maisie-williams-after-game-of-thrones-ill-be-free-to-make-independent-films) recently, adding that “it will be nice to pick roles that I want to do.” (The Stark role was her first major acting credit.) Williams further elaborated that independent films are her personal passion, and the “only place I’ve ever really wanted to be.” “On one hand it’s really nerve wracking to know that I won’t have that support blanket and safety net, but on the other hand I’m free,” she said of her _Thrones-_less future. She shouldn’t have to look too far for new roles; she’s [already slated](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4682266/?ref%5F=nm%5Fflmg%5Fact%5F2) to appear in next year’s X-Men spin-off _The New Mutants,_ a movie about the writer of _Frankenstein_ co-starring Elle Fanning and at least [three more projects.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3586035/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5007340/maisie-williams-after-thrones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5007340/maisie-williams-after-thrones/"},"headline":"After Game of Thrones, Maisie Williams Is Mainly Going to Focus on Doing Whatever She Wants","datePublished":"2017-11-02T17:22:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:26.871Z","description":"The actor — who famously plays Arya Stark on 'Game of Thrones' — is looking forward to being \"free\" after 'Thrones' wraps its final season.","url":"https://time.com/5007340/maisie-williams-after-thrones/","keywords":["Newsfeed","game of thrones","celebrities","Maisie Williams"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a9be622bf477bc2/6988e45797cdff68376b319d/maisie-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a9be622bf477bc2/6988e45797cdff68376b319d/maisie-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrity Sighting : Day Eight- Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2017/2018","caption":"Celebrity Sighting : Day Eight- Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2017/2018","creditText":"Jacopo Raule—GC 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/5007340/maisie-williams-after-thrones/","name":"After Game of Thrones, Maisie Williams Is Mainly Going to Focus on Doing Whatever She Wants"}}]}] ```