Sophie Turner Is 'So Down' To Play Boy George In His Upcoming Biopic

It's only been several weeks since the news surfaced that a Boy George biopic is in works, and already, the world wide web has strong advice about who should play the music icon on the big screen. Although while people have been busy throwing around names on social media, the pop music legend felt an attachment to one particular suggestion: Sophie Turner.


"There's been some really interesting advice the singer mentioned today (June 17) on Australian radio show "Fitzy and Wippa," per EW. "One of the most interesting advice was Sophie Turner." The Culture Club frontman also acknowledged the fact that, if he thinks the Game of Thrones star would do an exceptional job portraying him in the film, it would likely anger some people. "I think that will furious people, which I really like — [people saying] "Oh she can't play you, she is a woman."


Despite the probably backlash that such a casting would cause, the singer doesn't seem to care — especially since Sophie's basically living out his teenage dream now. Any time I was 17 I would have loved to have been her," he revealed. "... That was the ambition."


Soon after hearing the kind things Boy George had to mention about her, Sophie took to Twitter to immediately express her interest in the role. "I'm SO down," she tweeted. Clearly, a number of haters aren't enough to keep the actor from taking on the iconic role, either.


Apart from the unfortunate and inevitable criticism that would come as well as casting a woman as Boy George, it would actually make a lot of sense for Sophie to play the part. Why? Because even she's aware that there's a undeniable resemblance between her and the singer. While answering some of the web's most searched questions for Wired earlier this month, Sophie mentioned, "I get Boy George all of the time, so you know what? I met him and I met his brother, and so they notified me that I looked just like him."


So who will actually wind up snagging the role? Well, it's also soon to tell. Nevertheless right now that the Queen of the North is in the running, we're standing beyond her 100 percent. Soon after eight seasons on Game of Thrones, we don't think there's any challenge she's not up for.