Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams has been cast in new film A Storm in the Eyes.
The actress will star alongside ex-EastEnders actor Ben Hardy, who left the soap last year to star in X-Men: Apolocalypse.
Haifaa Al-Mansour’s film is about the love affair between Percy and Mary Shelley, with Elle Fanning and Douglas Booth already cast in the lead roles.
The film chronicles the conception of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein at Lord Byron’s house in Lake Geneva.
Rising star: Ex-EastEnder Ben Hardy will star in the new film
John Sciulli/Getty Images for go90)The sterling cast also includes newcomer Bel Powley, Tom Sturridge and Downton’s Joanne Froggatt.
Williams, who is about to hit screens again in the forthcoming sixth season of Game of Thrones, recently told InStyle magazine that she was ready to “be herself.”
She said: “I’ve come back to that point where I don’t want to do the "tits and teeth", but I also don’t want to be angry and mean about everything.
“I’ll just be somewhere in the middle where I can be myself.”
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Speaking about dating someone while being in the public eye, she said: “We've been together for over a year. I guess you could say things are getting pretty serious. He's not famous, I met him at school. And now he's my boyfriend.
“People feel it’s strange that someone who’s famous can go out with someone who’s normal. I don’t meet anyone else.”