Growing up with GoT

Actor Maisie Williams, who became popular as Arya Stark in Game Of Thrones (GoT), has revealed the drastic lengths the makers of the show went to in order to hide her developing body as a woman so that she could be projected as a girl. This, Maisie said, had a negative impact on her self-esteem.

“They would also put this strap across my chest to flatten any growth that had started, and I don’t know, that just felt horrible for six months of the year,” said Maisie.

The actress added the extent to which the makers of the show went in order to hide her developing body and present her as a girl, because the role demanded so, left her feeling “a bit ashamed” of her body. Maisie was 14 in 2011 when she was cast as Arya and she essayed the role till its season eight which concluded the series earlier this year. Now 22, Maisie said she felt “horrible” and “conscience” about her body image while on the series. —IANS