Game of Thrones cast rally around Maisie Williams after emotional Instagram post about ‘saying no’
THE Game of Thrones cast rallied around Maisie Williams after she shared an emotional Instagram post about “saying no”.
The actress, 22, reflected on her big 2019, which saw the super-popular HBO fantasy series come to an end.
She shared a photo surrounded by plant pots and with her boyfriend, Reuben Selby.
The star has her arms stretched out while wearing a Nike jumper, while Reuben sits down with a grey hoodie.
Maisie wrote on Instagram: “This year was the best. I fell in love with a boy and I fell in love with myself.
“I started saying ‘no’.
“I stopped worrying about the past, I stopped wishing for the future, and I started loving life for what it is today – because today is a gift, that is why they call it ‘the present’.”
“I made time to do more of the things that bring me joy. 2020 will probably be filled with more days spent tending our pot plant children which sounds perfect to me.
“For anyone who needs to hear this: it starts with you and the changes you’re willing to make. it’s out there for you to take. so don’t just seize the day, seize your life. happy new year.”
Former co-stars Lena Headey – who played Cersei Lannister – and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jamie Lannister) lent their support to Maisie.
Lena commented love hearts on the post, while Nikolaj gave it a like.
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After the controversial ending to Game of Thrones last year, Maisie will next be staring in Sky One’s edgy upcoming comedy, Two Weeks to Live.
It follows a young girl whose mother raised her cut off from the outside world and taught her survival techniques after the death of her dad.
But when Kim returns to the big wide world, things go wrong when she meets two blokes at a pub and winds up going on the run with them, chased by a gang of dangerous gangsters and the police.
She will also be starring in the long-delayed X-Men film, New Mutants.