Maisie Williams – little Arya Stark on Game of Thrones – covers the new issue of Dazed. Maisie is actually 17 years old now, although she still has that kind of baby face that works well for permanent-child Arya. I actually love this Dazed shoot – I like that it’s not “high fashion” or even about the clothes. It’s just about her face and her expressions. And Maisie is one fierce young woman! Some highlights from the interview:
People underestimate her generation: “People think we’re f–king stupid and we don’t know anything about anything. It’s really degrading. I get a lot of adults who are like, ‘You don’t know sh-t,’ and it’s like, ‘You don’t know sh-t. You have no idea what it’s like to be 17 years old.'”
Kit Harington on Ayra: “[Arya] is one of the hardest to cast, and what you’re really looking for is that character in the child. When Maisie walked into the room, that’s what they got. She had the energy of Arya, the cockiness and reckless abandon. They’re kindred spirits, really.”
Maisie on what Lupita Nyong’o said to her: “She said, ‘It sounds stupid, but I’ve learned so much from you. I watch Game of Thrones all the time and honestly, being so new myself in the industry, I was just watching people who had done this same sort of thing.’”
Whether she considers herself a role model: “Whether I like it or not, I’ve become influential to people. I don’t wanna be liked just because I’m pretty. That’s f–king boring, and I’m not that. Lots of young people in the industry try to play it cool, but it just makes them look like arrogant d**kheads. I’d much rather be liked because people realize that I’m standing up for myself.”
[From Dazed via Us Weekly]
So much ‘tude!! When I was 17 years old… I was more sullen and try-hard cynical. I pretended to be worldly, like I had seen it all before. And in truth, I was pretty g—damn sheltered. I get a similar vibe off Maisie, and I don’t mean that in a “I hate her” sort of way at all. She’s a kid and she’s got a ‘tude. It’s fine. I’d like to point out to her that all of the adults telling her that she “doesn’t know sh-t” were once 17 though. They DO know what it’s like to be 17 years old. And that’s probably why they’re telling her to settle down, perhaps?
Photos courtesy of Dazed Magazine.
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