Game Of Thrones stars Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner say they're so close that people think they're an item | London Evening Standard

Game Of Thrones stars Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner say they're so close that people think they're an itemThe final season of the HBO show begins in April

Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner have revealed they are each other’s “protectors” and are so close people mistake them for a couple.

The duo play sisters Arya and Sansa Stark in Game Of Thrones — and are best friends off screen.

In an interview with Glamour UK, which marked their first joint cover magazine shoot, Turner, 23, said: “Maisie is definitely my protector and I’m hers too.

"I know if anything happened she’d go crazy and protect me.”

Cover stars: Maisie Williams and Sophie TurnerGlamour Magazine

Williams, 21, said: “Sophie really helped me through some messy break-ups and some friend break-ups.

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"Whenever I’m like, ‘I need help! This is bigger than anything I can sort out on my own’, Sophie is my point of call.”

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Turner is engaged to Joe Jonas while Williams is in a relationship with Ollie Jackson, whom she met at school. Nevertheless Turner said the pair are often mistaken for being an item. The duo admitted they sometimes sneak a kiss on set to “freak out” their Thrones co-stars. The final series of the hit fantasy show is out in April.

Williams will be speaking at Glamour’s Beauty Festival at the Saatchi Gallery from March 8-10.