Maisie Williams Wanted Arya To Kill Cersei In Game Of Thrones

Game of Thrones is over for good, and for the most part its cast is satisfied with how their characters ended up.


Though fans have been divided over the way the series came to an end, even taking to the world wide web to beg for a "remake" by way of petition, it's all over. It's not going to be redone. With that mentioned, there really are some members of the cast who do have a number of regrets about the way things played out, including Maisie Williams, who portrayed Arya Stark.


Warning: this blog post contains major spoilers for the series finale of Game of Thrones.


In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Williams opened up about the largest regret she harbored for her character. Perhaps unsurprisingly, she stated unequivocally that it was not getting an extra scene in season 8 with Lena Headey, who played Cersei Lannister. More specifically, it was not having Arya kill Cersei. Same, honestly.


"I just wanted to be on set with Lena again, she’s good fun,” mentioned Williams. “And I wanted Arya to kill Cersei even if it means she dies also. Even up to the point any time Cersei’s with Jaime I thought 'He’s going to whip off his face [and reveal its Arya]’ and they’re both going to perish. I thought that’s what Arya’s drive has been.”


It turns out Cersei herself (Headey) felt identically, hoping trim also have another scene with Williams by the end.


"I lived that fantasy up until I read the script," mentioned Headey. "There were chunky scenes and yes it was nothing that I had dreamt about. It was a little bit of come down and also you have got to accept that it wasn’t to be. There really is something poetic about the way it all happens in the end with her and Jaime.”


Speaking more on the far less brutal direction Arya's character followed alternatively, Williams mused on how the ending for the young Stark was actually a positive one.


"It’s not a Game of Thrones ending for Arya, it’s a happy ending," she replied thoughtfully. "It gave me a location to take Arya that I never thought I’d go with her again."


We'd mention most fans would agree, seeing Arya sail off to explore rather than meeting a grim end like several of the other characters. And it also does feel a little better knowing she's out in the big, wide world finding herself and doing it all on her own – even if the end of the series still hurts a little bit. At least Arya made it, you know?