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Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner on Sansa’s Newfound Power, On-Set Cabin Fever, and Why She Can’t Speak After Watching Titanic
Even as her family members have been murdered, her sister has become a ruthless killer, and her former fiancé has been poisoned right in front of her, Sansa Stark (played by Sophie Turner) has remained one of the more consistent characters on Game of Thrones. That may be about to change, though, as the once-optimistic Sansa has learned to become more cynical and calculating, after witnessing the horrors of the ongoing season. As Turner tell us, Sansa “begins to get” her own power in an upcoming episode—which might involve telling the truth about the shocking incident she witnessed last week.
Eighteen-year-old Turner spoke to senior West Coast editor Krista Smith in Los Angeles, revealing the “cabin fever” that set in among the cast while filming the famous Purple Wedding, the true nature of the actor who plays the loathsome Joffrey, and why she couldn’t even speak after a screening of Titanic.
VF Hollywood: I was really happy when Joffrey was killed. What is he like in real life? I feel so bad for that actor, Jack Gleeson, because we hate him on the show.
Sophie Turner: He is the nicest actor on the show probably. He’s 21, from Dublin, he’s a scholar. At his university he studies theology. He’s incredibly intelligent. He is so not like his character; he is the polar opposite, and everybody adores him. Everyone.
Poor Joffrey. He’s going to have to dye his hair to get another job. Does he want to be an actor?
No, this is probably his last job, Game of Thrones. He doesn’t want to act anymore. I just think it’s hilarious that he’s going to do something that has to do with theology. Joffrey is going to go into religion.
And how is it working with Peter Dinklage?
He is exactly like Tyrion. He is so nice, and he is the one who cracks the jokes on set. He is one of the most fun people to be on set with. He’s not like one of those method actors, who’s just like in the zone for hours and hours. Even if it’s an emotional scene, he will be really funny. He improvises a lot and does a lot of stuff just to lighten the mood.
Have you learned anything from working with him?
He hasn’t given me any advice verbally, but when I came into Game of Thrones, I look at the first season, I wasn’t great. I really didn’t like my performance. But then you realize the only reason why my performance has changed is working with Lena [Headey] and Sean [Bean] and Peter, and they’re the ones who’ve changed my performance. You are only a product of the environment around you. Every time I work with Peter, he just makes me a better actress.
I didn’t think you were bad, I thought you were perfect. But it is the perfect arc for the character—you are kind of like the viewer with Sansa. I feel like in a weird way your character is the audience, we kind of experience the horrors with you along the way.
It’s true. You get people who either love Sansa or hate her, and the reason is because she is so similar to them, and so relatable. Some people don’t accept their own faults and see their own faults in Sansa.
Do you read all the other characters or just what happens to you?
Well yeah, you get everyone else’s stuff, especially in the read through. You listen to everyone else’s stuff. But after that, you just become absorbed in your own stuff and you forget about the rest until you watch it all again, and you realize.
So my character, there’s a big evolution for her this season. Like, a big one coming up. I’m so excited. She begins to manipulate.
She gets her power.
Or she begins to get it, anyway.
Have you read the books?
I have read my chapters, but no, I haven’t read the books. I will probably read them once the show is over and I can actually see where the show is supposed to go, because the show is kind of just an adaption, so it will probably just drift further and further apart, maybe.
Do you go back and watch yourself as the episodes air?
I do. But it’s weird. I don’t really like it. It’s very bizarre. It’s very embarrassing. I won’t watch it with [my family]. They have to sit in another room. I don’t know, it’s just very strange watching yourself on-screen, because you are your biggest critic and everything. But I think it’s also a good thing that I don’t like it, because if you’re ever satisfied with your work, then that’s the end of your career. Because surely the thing that drives you is that you’re never satisfied.
How long did it take to shoot the wedding scene?
The actual ceremony was a two-day shoot, and then the reception was five days. It was really fun; it was the most surreal five days of my life because Jack would come in with scars and blood [on his face] and be like, “All right how’s it going?”
There was this girl who was this contortionist who was in it, and we would all be in this green room, and she would be warming up and be stretching out in this tiny costume and you could basically see everything. And everybody would be playing Scrabble. It was weird . . . We pass it around on the iPad, and Peter would hide it under his chair.
Who was the best at Scrabble?
Either Peter or David Benioff [is] the best. I am awful Scrabble, so I chose not to partake. Those five days, it was just like cabin fever; it just all turned very weird. Nikolaj and I were so bored we decided to make a dance routine. It was weird, we all turned into psychopaths. Massages were going on. It was good fun.
Are you going to ever get a Sansa doll?
Everyone else has a doll. I want a Sansa doll.
Do you have a favorite costume that you get to wear?
Yes, but I cant tell you about it . . .
Ahh, that is torture.
My wedding dress last year was great. There wasn’t a great shot of it actually. But Margaery’s wedding dress this year was beautiful.
Are you a Miley Cyrus fan? Katy Perry? Beyoncé?
I’m a Rihanna, Beyoncé kind of person. I am adjusting to Miley’s new transition. I think she has a smart team behind her. I don’t think she is going off the rails; I think she knows exactly what she’s doing. I think she is cool, I am adjusting to it.
Is there any actor or director that you’ve watched that you would really like to work with? This job put you in such a unique position.
I’m dying to work with Jack Nicholson. I love him so much. I have the biggest crush on him in the world. James Franco, I want to work with him. In terms of directors, Joe Wright. And Peter Jackson—did you ever watch The Lovely Bones with Saoirse Ronan?
Of course!
Apparently he played music during filming to get everyone in the mood. And I thought that was a really cool thing. I’d love to work with him. And not just because of the music thing, but because of The Lord of the Rings.
The most incredible movie he did was Heavenly Creatures. It was Kate Winslet’s first film. She was 17.
What a great first movie to get.
Did you watch Titanic as a kid? What would it have been for your age?
I can’t watch Titanic without breaking down within the first 10 minutes. You know when it got re-released in 3D, I went to see it again. My mom came to pick me up from the cinema and I was just bawling my eyes out. And my friend Ellie who came with me was trying to talk to me and I just said, “How can you talk after this?” It’s so emotionally destroying.
Have you read the book The Fault in our Stars?
Stop. I can’t even deal with that. I read the script for it and . . . it’s just incredible. It’s so well written. It’s unbelievable. I know I’m gonna cry so badly at the film.
The movie is very true to the book. The author was on the set the entire time. It’s really good.
I saw someone else yesterday who’d seen it, and he said he just [blubbered] the whole way through. Well, at the end, anyway. When Gus . . . ohhh, the letter.
So do you get recognized? Do people come up to you?
Yes, people come up to me in London. It’s weird, since it’s bigger over here, you’d expect more people to come up to me, but actually in London, I get more people. I think over here people are so used to seeing someone off the TV or movies that they just don’t really care. But in London it’s kind of rare.
And what do they say to you?
The thing they used to say was, “When’s Joffrey going to die?” But that’s happened now, so that one’s out of the way.
and yet, there is still a boat load of questions leftover from season 3 that they haven't addressed yet. 
I'm just asking for other 'SHOW WATCHERS ONLY' random theories.
and doesn't seem like the type to 'get got' with any okey-doke shit. 
