Maisie Williams is sticking with tradition for her first major role since Game of Thrones: being a total badass in Two Weeks To Live.
The 22-year-old has left Arya Stark and her weapon of choice Needle behind and has now familiarised herself with a gun, teaming up with Fleabag’s Sian Clifford in a bloody, suspenseful thriller as part of the new Sky 2020 line-up.
Maisie takes the lead as Kim, who’s on the run from her frantic mother Tina (Sian) desperate to avenge her father’s killer 15 years after his murder.
‘Kim has been living with her overprotective mother for 16 years, and they’ve been in a very remote place,’ Maisie explained at last night’s Sky Up Next event, describing the role as her ‘biggest’ since Game of Thrones.
‘The story begins with Kim leaving home in search of a normal life and she meets two boys and they try to show her the fun things in life and as they get to know her better they realise there’s some complicated things in her past.’
Maisie was joined by Fleabag icon Sian, who explained she’d never seen a female character like Tina before.
‘That’s what really drew me in,’ she enthused. ‘They’ve lived off the grid for 16 years, she’s a hunter, she’s really ruthless, she’s definitely overprotective and she doesn’t want anything to disrupt this world she’s created and we come to discover why.’
‘It’s a bit bloodier [than Fleabag],’ she teased. ‘Fleabag is dark in its own way – grief is a pretty dark topic. The adventures they go on are dangerous at times.’
‘But not as dark as Game of Thrones,’ Maisie joked.
Metro.co.uk caught up with Maisie at last night’s Up Next event where she explained where most of the $90 million budget for the Game of Thrones finale went…
Two Weeks To Live is coming to Sky in 2020 and will be available to stream on NOW TV.
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