Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams talks about starring in The Last of Us film

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Ever since Sam Raimi let slip that producers had met with Maisie Williams (Arya Stark on Game of Thrones) to possibly play the part of Ellie in THE LAST OF US, people have had a hard time imagining anyone else in the role. THE LAST OF US is still a ways off with no script and no director set in stone, but Maisie did let us know that she's still in talks to star, as well as possible superhero role in her future.

Whether or not Maisie will star as Ellie in THE LAST OF US film:

I had a lunch a little while ago and we spoke about the possibility of me playing Ellie and that's really exciting and I would absolutely love too. It kind of all came about on Twitter a long time ago. The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me. I went for 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.

Regarding a role in any upcoming superhero films:

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.

Anyone who's dedicated some time to Game of Thrones knows that Maisie's acting speaks for itself. It's funny that she mentions KICK-ASS, as Maisie's Arya Stark has definitely taken hold of viewers much like Chloe Moretz's Hit Girl did in that film. In any event, I look forward to whatever films she decides to take part of. Maisie Willaims seems to have a good head on her shoulders and bright career in front of her.