Sophie Turner, the actress that portrays Sansa in HBO's Game of Thrones, has hinted that her character will develop a more action-oriented role in the show's final season.

In a video interview with Gold Derby, Turner suggested that she has always seen Sansa as a warrior and that Season 8 shows this properly manifesting itself.

“I always saw something of a warrior in Sansa that I don’t think other people really saw,” Turner said. “I always had the feeling that she was learning and adapting, and at some point or another, it was going to manifest itself somehow, and she manifested it into being a warrior. It felt really satisfying when it happened, and I’m really happy where this storyline for her has ended up.”

In the same interview, Turner also remarked on the high stakes of the show's final season, and how that will translate into more death and gore than ever before.

"Everyone is coming together to fight the impending doom," Turner said. "There’s a lot of tension between these little groups, battling for what they think is right. It’s Game of Thrones, so it’s going to be bloodier and more death and more emotionally torturous than all the years before.”

The cast and crew of the final season of Game of Thrones reportedly spent 55 nights filming a single battle scene of epic proportions. In order to secure other info like this from leaking, HBO has come up with some creative ways to protect Game of Thrones' secrets.

Gearing up for the end of Game of Thrones, Emilia Clarke has said her goodbyes after filming wrapped for the final season. Season 8 of Game of Thrones is set to premiere in 2019.

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