Note:Spoilersfor the final season of Game of Thrones.
It turns out the actors felt similarly at least at first.
I just wanted to be on set with Lena again, shes good fun, Williams explained.
Maisie Williams as Arya Stark in ‘Game of Thrones’.Helen Sloan/HBO
And I wanted Arya to kill Cersei even if it means [Arya] dies too.
I thought thats what Aryas drive has been.
The Hound says, You want to be like me?
You want to live your life like me?
In my head, the answer was: Yeah.
It was a shock for me because that wasnt how I envisioned her arc going this year.
Then I realized there were other things I could play, bringing Arya back to being a 16-year-old again.
Its not aGame of Thronesending for Arya, its a happy ending, she concludes.
It gave me a place to take Arya that I never thought Id go with her again.
Headey said she hoped shed have a scene with Williams in the final season as well.
I lived that fantasy until I read the script, Headey said.
There were chunky scenes and it was nothing that I had dreamt about.
It was a bit of come down and you have to accept that it wasnt to be.
There is something poetic about the way it all happens in the end with her and Jaime.
For Williams, the actress is now preparing for her post-GoTlife, which includes the upcomingX-Menspin-offThe New Mutants.
So whatever happens afterward, I made this count.
