Yahoo News Maisie Williams breaks silence on Arya Stark's 'uncomfortable' Game of Thrones sex scene with Gendry
If you thought you were uncomfortable watching Maisie Williams’ sex scene in Game of Thrones, then spare a thought for the actress herself.
Williams, who plays Arya Stark, said she feels uneasy knowing the majority of her family tuned in to watch her character lose her virginity to Joe Dempsie’s Gendry.
She tweeted: “If u feel uncomfortable just know that my mother and my step dad and my 2 sisters and my 4 brothers have all probably watched this too.”
Clearly cringing at the thought, she finished: “Ahahakillmeehehe.”
if u feel uncomfortable just know that my mother and my step dad and my 2 sisters and my 4 brothers have all probably watched this too ahahakillmeehehe
— Maisie Williams (@Maisie_Williams)
Arya and Gendry slept together in episode two ahead of the Battle of Winterfell, with Arya telling him: “I want to know what it feels like before I die.”
The intimate moment, which marked Williams’ first sex scene on the HBO show, sparked concern among some viewers who questioned both her's and Arya’s age.
Arya is 18 while Williams, who was 11 when the show debuted, is 22.
Search for their ages spiked on Google, with HBO’s official Twitter account settling any questions by confirming Arya is 18 and listing all of the things teens in Westeros should have completed by that age, including having a “kill list” and ticking “at least three people” off of it.
Williams’ co-star Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark, posted a #NSFW toast after watching the scene. Referencing Easter she said: “In honour of Easter I guess Game of Thrones wanted the storyline to have a little Easter bunny hop hop hopping into that p****.”
Turner alerted Williams to the intimate scene on first receiving the script, with Williams admitting she thought it was a prank by showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss who have previously fooled cast members with fake scripts.
She told Entertainment Weekly. “I was like, ‘Yo, good one.’ And [the writers were] like, ‘No, we haven’t done that this year.’ Oh f***!
“I got to the read-through and I’m reading the scene and thought, ‘Oh, we’re actually going to do this. When do I shoot this? I need to go to the gym.’ A whole list of things.”
Game of Thrones is on Sky Atlantic, Mondays at 2am and 9pm. It is also available on NOW TV.
