Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner is a very down to earth princess
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Stark contrasts: Sophie Turner may be a Lady on Game Of Thrones but at home she still cleans her room
Sophie Turner, one of the stars of TV’s Game Of Thrones, is watched by millions. There are countless websites devoted to the character she plays in the hit drama, and Hollywood has come a-courting.
But just to keep her on terra firma, her mother gives her a daily list of household chores and, just in case that doesn’t do it, her two older brothers often watch her acting work and usually end up telling her ‘That was awful!’ — for which she’s grateful.
‘They’re not afraid to put me down, as brothers should,’ said Sophie, who has played the teen princess Sansa Stark on Game Of Thrones for the past three years.
I liked her even more when she told me she found Hollywood claustrophobic — and couldn’t wait to get back to the Warwickshire village she calls home.
‘It’s in the heart of England and has a windmill, church, some houses and cottages,’ the 17-year-old told me.
‘About 50 people live there and everyone pretty much knows everyone.
'But I don’t think they know what I’m doing and I don’t tell anyone. They probably think I’m at school.’
During our meeting at the Union Club in Soho, Sophie drank nothing stronger than water.
When she’s filming (interiors are shot in Belfast and exteriors in Croatia), she joins the rest of the cast in the pub for a virgin mojito.
She may not be old enough to drink, but at least she’s now treated as an adult on set, which she enjoys. Until she turned 17, she had to work special hours, having 15-minute breaks every couple of hours.
‘I never liked taking the breaks and it meant the adult actors had to wait around if I was in the next scene. It was probably annoying for them. Now I work adult hours and I like it.’
And what about all the nudity on Games Of Thrones? ‘I’ve never been in any nude scenes — so far,’ she said.
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Playing Sansa, who for a time was engaged to cruel King Joffrey, has been a showcase for her acting talents, which have delighted viewers of Sky Atlantic in the UK, HBO in the U.S. and millions who have bought DVDs of the first two series.
The camera loves her blue-grey eyes, and she’s being sent scripts for every teen role going. She reads all of them and would like to play a variety of roles — not just princesses.
Last year, she filmed the psychological drama Panda Eyes for Spanish director Isabel Coixet and it’s due out later in the year. She plays a young woman haunted by a trauma rooted in her childhood.
Sophie runs her fingers through her long, strawberry blonde hair (her tresses are dyed auburn for the show) and then scoots, entourage-free, into the street for a bit of shopping at Topshop. A very down-to-earth princess.
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