09-23-2014, 01:40 PM | #23 |
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I watched a "Women who Kick Ass" panel from comic con on youtube yesterday featuring Maisie Williams (Arya) and Natalie Dormor (Margaery).
I was very impressed by Maisie, she has really put a lot of thought and effort into her role (especially for a first-time actor). Apparently the books say that Arya is left handed, so Maisie put a lot of work into learning to swordfight (and everything else) with her left hand, a detail that I'm sure very few people appreciate. Getting back to Gwai's point about overcasting, this is an issue she spoke about too. Arya is seen by many fans of the show as an "action hero" or "woman who kicks ass" (the very title of the panel). She is definitely a strong character with many great qualities. However, she is also a little girl. A girl who has to do many terrible things simply in order to survive. She didn't choose to become a killer or a hero. There's a great sadness to her story in the books that I think is downplayed in the show. I think Maisie put it something like: a kid can't go though the things that she has to without becoming messed up in the head for the rest of their life.
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