Sophie Turner Says She And Maisie Williams Would 'Kiss Each Other' All The Time On The 'Game Of Thrones' Set
Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams, off-screen best friends and on-screen Game of Thrones sisters, were so into each other that things would get physical when they filmed the series—partly because they wanted to troll everyone. Turner told Conan O'Brien on his show that she and Williams would try to get people on set to buy that they were an actual couple.
"We fully knew about it [that people thought we were together], we played into it," she said. "We did. So on the set we would kind of do the scene then try and kiss each other in the middle of the scene and see if anyone would react, and it’s Game of Thrones so incest is so normal that they were like, 'all right, that's fine.' Yeah, it was probably the most tame thing that happened on the show, actually."
O'Brien asked Turner whether the two were just trying to make people think they were dating as a joke. It was some of that, Turner replied, but also: "Yeah, you know, sometimes you just wanna make out with your best friend..."
Turner and Williams really are close though. The two talked to Glamour UK earlier this year about the role they played helping each other take care of their mental health.
“I can’t tell you the amount of times Sophie said, ‘Go to therapy,’ before I actually did," Williams started. "She really helped me through some messy break-ups and some friend break-ups. Whenever I’m like, ‘I need help! This is bigger than anything I can sort out on my own,’ Sophie is my point of call. I think therapy is so important. You should absolutely speak to someone, even if in your head you go, ‘Yeah, I knew that!’”
Turner agreed with Williams' point, adding, “We’ve helped each other through a lot of mental-health problems, especially around body image. She’s been my crutch in that, and I’ve been hers because it seems everything she goes through, I go through. You know when girls are together a long time, their periods sync up? It’s like our emotions and personalities sync up, too."
