Sophie Turner Says She Was the Lone Game of Thrones Star Happy With Their Ending
The North stands on its own — and Sansa Stark wears the crown. In a decisive break from a war-weary realm, she is crowned Queen of the North, heralding a new era from Winterfell.
File this under: actors who know they stuck the landing. Sophie Turner says she loved where Sansa Stark wound up, and she is open-ish to revisiting Westeros… with a few big caveats.
Sophie Turner: grateful for Sansa, cautious about coming back
In a recent chat with The Direct, Turner was asked if she would jump back into the Game of Thrones universe as one of HBOs many sequel ideas percolate. She did not slam the door, but she definitely peered through the peephole first.
"Show me the money (laughs). I don't know, I think it would be hard but also amazing to come back to it."
Turner also made it clear she feels Sansa got one of the rare happy endings on that show. She was thrilled with how things wrapped for her character and implied plenty of others were… less thrilled. Hard to blame her: Sansa crowned Queen in the North and the North went independent. The hit rate for satisfying conclusions elsewhere? Not quite as strong.
She is wary of chasing old lightning, though, and said it would depend on what was on the page. Her vibe was essentially: maybe it would be joyful, or maybe it would feel like trying to revive a moment that simply can't be recreated. She would need to read a script before deciding.
So, what is actually in development?
The current slate is murky. HBO has had multiple Thrones offshoots in various stages, but details are mostly under wraps. One concrete update: the Jon Snow sequel, simply titled Snow and intended to follow Kit Harington's character after season 8, was scrapped before it ever made it to air.
Kit Harington: absolutely not interested
Speaking of Jon Snow, Harington was asked who he would want to voice the character for an audiobook and took the question as a broader pitch to reprise the role in any form. His response was about as definitive as they come:
"No, god no. I don't wanna go anywhere near it. I spent 10 years doing that. Thanks, I'm alright."
What's next in Westeros
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms premieres January 18 on HBO in the US, and January 19 on Sky/NOW TV in the UK.
- Other potential sequels remain unannounced publicly; Snow was shelved before broadcast.
- Turner would consider returning if the script feels right; Harington is out, full stop.