Sophie Turner has ruled out the possibility of reprising her career-making role as Sansa Stark in a Game of Thrones spin-off series, as doing so would be “more trauma.”
The British actress told Sky News that it was “time to say goodbye” to her character after spending “the best 10 years of [her] life” on the hit fantasy show.
“I think it’s time to say goodbye to Sansa,” she said. “I’m ready...ish to say goodbye to her.
“I think my watch has ended. It’s been 10 years of my life and the best 10 years of my life by far.
“I finished in a very happy place with Sansa and it’s time to let her go. I feel like if I played her again it would just be more trauma.”
The 23-year-old described her relief at no longer having to keep the show’s storylines “under wraps” as “really enjoyable,” but also said that part of her missed “keeping those secrets.”
“As soon as it finishes, now I’m like, ‘I wish I was still keeping those secrets. I wish I had snipers at my head - HBO snipers,” she told Sky.
A Game of Thrones prequel series has been confirmed by HBO, with a reported working title of Bloodmoon.
The US broadcaster has said that the show is set “thousands of years” before the series begins and will document “the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour.”
Naomi Watts has been cast as “a charismatic socialite hiding a dark secret,” with Poldark’s Josh Whitehouse, Lady Macbeth’s Naomi Ackie and Harry Potter’s Jamie Campbell Bower also set to appear.
HBO programming president Casey Bloys has shut down the possibility of a spin-off documenting Arya Stark’s travels west of Westeros, telling The Hollywood Reporter that such a project “doesn’t make sense.”
“I don’t want to take characters from this world that [show bosses David Benioff and D.B. Weiss] did beautifully and put them off into another world with someone else creating it,” he told the publication. “I want to let it be the artistic piece they’ve got.”
Game of Thrones is available to stream on demand on Sky Go and NOW TV
