Sophie Turner was barely a teenager when we first met her on Game of Thrones.
But there's so much more to the actress beyond her iconic portrayal of Sansa Stark.
This is the untold truth of Sophie Turner.
There's a void in Turner's life that may never go away.
Her twin sister didn't survive her mother's pregnancy, a fact that reportedly pains Turner
to this day.
As she told You magazine:
Regarding her mother's miscarriage, she confessed,
The pain cuts so deep, Turner reportedly draws from it in order to fuel her most heart-wrenching
scenes.
She confesses:
"Please let me go home, I won't do any treason, I swear."
Not coincidentally, Turner starred in a 2016 film called Another Me, which involves a twin
thought to be lost during a miscarriage.
She told the Coming Soon website why she was so drawn to the film:
The audition that changed Sophie Turner's life forever almost didn't happen.
In fact, she apparently completely forgot about it.
According to Marie Claire, casting directors were visiting schools all across England to
fill the roles of Sansa and Arya Stark.
Fortunately, her high school drama teacher spotted her in the cafeteria and reminded
her about the appointment to read for the part.
Whoops!
Ironically, Turner told The Telegraph she didn't exactly give one-hundred percent either.
She revealed:
Sounds like luck and talent were both on her side.
The twelve-year-old was asked to audition four more times after that, and she eventually
landed the role of Sansa.
The rest is Westeros history.
Considering the massive success of Game of Thrones, it's hard to believe there was once
a time when the show might not have gotten picked up.
The pilot was reportedly nothing to write home about, and Sophie Turner and co-star
Maisie Williams could apparently sense it, too: They reportedly cried at the wrap party.
In 2019, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss told Rolling Stone:
Benioff and Weiss weren't too confident about the pilot, either.
That's why they recast certain roles and reshot the majority of the episode.
As you know, the show was ultimately picked up and became a monster hit, allowing Turner
and Williams to reunite and further cultivate their friendship.
"It's tricky."
"It's complicated."
"It's been so much fun, she's my best mate."
It's true: Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams really are besties.
As Turner told Rolling Stone, they first met during their Game of Thrones audition and
hit it off instantly.
"We became fast friends, and at the end of it, we both, like, hugged each other and we
said, 'I really hope you get it."
Meet Zunni, the Northern Inuit dog who was known as Lady on Game of Thrones.
She went from playing Sophie Turner's direwolf on the show to becoming her pet in real life.
"He doesn't mean Lady, does he?
No, no, not Lady didn't bite anyone, she's good!"
Once Lady met her untimely on-screen death at Cersei Lannister's request, it was time
to find Zunni a new home.
Since Turner had always wanted a dog, she stepped in to care for the animal.
She told the Coventry Telegraph:
Hopefully Zunni was a better pet than she was a performer.
Turner told Harper's Bazaar:
The loyal beast lived until the age of 11, and spent most of her time with Turner's parents.
Rest in peace, Zunni!
Believe it or not, there was a time when Sophie Turner was a Belieber.
In fact, one of her bedroom walls used to be entirely dedicated to the pop star.
Oddly enough, that fandom really paid off when it came to filming her scenes with King
Joffrey.
Wait, what?
Turner revealed to Rolling Stone:
What does Turner's Bieber fixation have to do with a tyrannical man-baby?
As she explained:
Hmm.
Well, Turner has since met Bieber, and it sounds like it was…totally weird.
Maybe even a little dark.
Here's how she explained the encounter on The Late Late Show with James Corden:
"I don't know what came over me to do this, but, like, I turned around and was like, 'Hiiii.'"
No word on whether Bieber replied: "What do you mean?"
So how does a famous actress and a pop star meet in this day and age?
In the case of Sophie Turner and her husband, Joe Jonas, the answer is simple: social media.
Turner tells Harper's Bazaar:
Jonas has a rabid following, and his fans have been known to be overprotective and jealous
when it comes to his relationships.
Turner admits that some of them don't think too highly of her, but the situation has reportedly
improved.
Meanwhile, Turner says her own fans are overprotective, too:
You know what else is sweet?
The fact that Jonas occasionally tags along with Turner when she goes on interviews.
"Do you watch the show?"
"Yeah, every day."
"Yeah?"
"Joe will tell you.
Like when I'm doing my makeup…"
Meanwhile, it sounds like Turner absolutely refused to spill any Game of Thrones spoilers
to Jonas.
How selfish.
"Her lips are sealed.
And it guts me."
Sophie Turner never planned on getting married.
In fact, she told Rolling Stone she was prepared to spend the rest of her life single.
But then she met Joe Jonas, and all of that changed.
Turner told the magazine:
If it were up to Turner, Sansa would have done some experimenting on the show as well.
She confessed to Entertainment Weekly a few years before the series' conclusion:
And who does she think would be Sansa's ideal mate?
She said,
Well, that would've really been something.
In 2014, things seemed to get awfully awkward between exes Sophie Turner and The Vamps guitarist
James McVey, and it all began when McVey tweeted a photo of himself and Turner with the dramatic
caption:
Turner quickly responded:
The situation escalated quickly, with McVey tweeting:
A lot of people took this as a sign that the couple had broken up.
But in an interview with The Sun, McVey insisted it was all a big joke, and claimed they were
actually still together at that point:
We'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
After all, McVey even wished Turner well in her engagement to Joe Jonas, telling The Sun:
Like so many of us, Turner has struggled with anxiety and depression throughout her life.
But she's seen substantial improvement thanks to therapy and medication, telling Rolling
Stone:
She told Harper's Bazaar that the problem is largely a societal one:
But she clearly thinks it's a generational problem, too.
She told Rolling Stone:
The good news is that people like Turner are helping to move the conversation in the right
direction, and she remains quite vocal about mental health issues.
In April 2019, she opened up to Dr. Phil:
"I've suffered with depression for about five or six years now and…the biggest challenge
is, for me, getting out of bed."
The first time Sophie Turner's dad chose to visit the Game of Thrones set, he wanted to
surprise her…and it turned out to be the day they were filming a scene in which Sansa
is brutally assaulted.
Turner told The Telegraph:
Turner said her parents eventually got used to the show's violence and notorious sex scenes.
And it's a good thing too…because Turner has been in quite a few of them.
As she told The Telegraph:
You wouldn't know it from looking at her, but Turner has a thing for fast food, American
fast food, to be precise.
In 2016, she opened up to InStyle about her personal favorites while filming the X-Men
movies:
But as far as her junk-food obsession goes, that's not even the half of it.
She confessed:
But in an interview with Elle the following year, she changed her tune and promised that
her diet had vastly improved since working on X-Men:
But delicious habits die hard.
She revealed that she still gives in to a cheat meal every now and then…just not too
many.
But when she gets in the mood, guess what she craves?
She told Elle:
Consider it done.
Bare with us for a moment here.
You know why people tend to walk around drain gates?
It's so they can avoid appearing in news stories like this:
"The thirteen-year-old boy has been found alive after slipping and falling into a drainage
pipe."
Count Sophie Turner among the folks who do everything they can to avoid these drains.
In an interview with InStyle, she even went so far as to call it a "phobia," admitting:
Based on what she told the publication, she has the strangest coping mechanism for dealing
with this ferocious fear of drains:
Hey, whatever works!
You do you, Sophie.
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