“So I was in touch with the creators from 2012, I think, and then obviously they were like, ‘This doesn’t make sense,’” he added. “I think Maisie was like, ‘What?’ ‘Cause she didn’t know not to say.”Īs for how he got his small role, he explained that Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody had filmed a cameo for Season 3 and was able to introduce him to the team behind the show in order to get his own cameo. “Sophie said at Comic-Con, ‘We’ve got Ed Sheeran on the next season,’” he explained at the 53:30-minute mark of the podcast. He confirmed that his appearance was initially intended to be a surprise for actress Maisie Williams as she was a fan, but it was spoiled by her co-star and on-screen sister Sophie Turner.
And Waif knew that which is exactly why she killed her. Reflecting back on his cameo as a Lannister soldier, Sheeran explained how he landed the guest appearance and admitted that the “polarizing” reaction to the scene wasn’t the response he was looking for. Though its a shape-shifting game of lies, deceit, and more lies, Arya Stark is a girl who deeply misses that motherly role in her life. The 16-year-old British actress talks about how she de-Arya Starks herself, the struggles she’s faced at school, and why she has a lot of admiration for Miley Cyrus. 'I've decided to just keep a tight lip on. Throughout his career, Sheeran has had a few small acting roles, and his brief cameo on the first episode of Game of Thrones’ seventh season became a particularly infamous moment in the show’s run. After reminiscing about Arya Stark's defining moments on the show, Fallon asked the actress if she could offer up any spoilers about the new season.
She made her professional acting debut as Arya Stark in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones, for which she won the EWwy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama, the Portal Award for Best Supporting Actress - Television and Best Young Actor, and the Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor. On the latest episode of Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, Ed Sheeran revealed that Season 7 of Game of Thrones was supposed to be Maisie Williams’ last as Arya Stark. 'At first, I thought it was a prank,' Williams said, adding that Aryas sex scene was the first one she read for season 8, after Sansa Stark actress Sophie Turner called her up in a frenzy and. Margaret Constance 'Maisie' Williams (born 15 April 1997) is an English actress.