GAME OF THRONES Star Maisie Williams on THE LAST OF US and New Superhero Project

Maisie Williams' Game of Thrones character Arya Stark has become a fan favorite. Williams is a very talented young actress, and she was one of the most celebrated actors to appear at San Diego Comic-Con earlier this year. The fans just went crazy for her every time she took the stage for a panel. She is looking to expand her career beyond Game of Thrones, and one of the first big projects that her name has been loosely attached to is the Sam Raimi-produced adaptation of the hit video game The Last of Us

In a recent interview with Flicks in the City, she talks about the possibility of playing Ellie in The Last of Us, as well as a new superhero project that she likens to Kick-Ass. First up, here's what she had to say about the Raimi-produced movie:

"I had a lunch a little while ago and we spoke about the possibility of me playing Ellie. That’s really exciting and I would absolutely love to. It kind of all came about on Twitter a long time ago. The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me. I went to a lunch and we spoke a little bit about it, and then they announced at Comic-Con that we had spoken about it, and since then in like every interview people have been asking me about it. Honestly I would love to and I think they would love me to play Ellie also, and that’s where it is at the moment. There’s no script, no director, it’s still very early days for the whole project, but if it all goes ahead soon enough I think, yeah, I would love to."

In this next part of the discussion she talks about the mystery superhero project saying:

"There’s not much I can talk about, but there’s actually been a very exciting project and a very exciting group of people who have approached me about a new series. I can’t say the title, I’m not saying anything about it, but it’s in that sort of superhero vein, in the same vein as Kick-Ass where the superhero is not super and just has great intentions. That would not be happening yet, it would be happening in a few years, but something that we’ve been in talks about for a little while and I’m really, really, really excited about it… it was going to originally be written as a graphic novel, it’s not based on anything. It was kind of inspired just from walking around Comic-Con and seeing so many woman dressed as all these sexualized female superheroes and just thinking if I was a superhero, I would just want to wear a hoodie and jeans, and taking that and making it into a superhero that isn’t wearing spandex and isn’t a sexy Catwoman or that sort of thing."

It sounds like this is an original project she has a heavy hand in developing, and it sounds intriguing. Williams has a very long and successful career ahead of her, and it will be cool to see what she does next outside of Game of Thrones

Maisie Williams interview on her new movies The Falling & The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea, whether she'll star as Ellie in The Last Of Us movie & wielding a lightsaber in the Star Wars universe. Maisie also chats about an upcoming superhero series and Game of Thrones Season 5.

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