![]() Rooke rebuked the groovier clothes of the decade in favor of pieces with an edge. “What I love so much about Jordan was the way that she used clothing as a political statement,” says Williams. ![]() Williams was immediately drawn to Jordan’s own powerful sense of style. The actor plays Jordan, née Pamela Rooke, a real-life punk pioneer from the 1970s who often styled the Sex Pistols for performances and served as muse to the designer Vivienne Westwood, another fixture of the decade. “It was just a real scene in London, and it was like a small group of people that created that revolution.” (The show, directed by Danny Boyle, is based on the memoir “ Lonely Boy” from real-life Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones.) “I was aware of the Sex Pistols and the punk movement’s impact at the time, but I didn’t realize how the fashion, music, and art all further triggered the movement,” says Williams. Williams is starring in FX’s six-episode limited series Pistol, premiering today, which explores the rise and crash of Sex Pistols-the English band who ignited a counterculture movement in 1970s London. As for where she heads after that, it’s up to us to follow.You may know Maisie Williams from Game of Thrones, but for her latest television project, the actor shed Arya Stark’s warrior cloaks in favor of a punk-rock wardrobe. But instead we spend most of our time giggling about dogs, dolls, and the perils of DIY hairdressing.īefore we parted ways, she spoke about how she had her mind set on scaling the highest peaks in the UK. As GoT comes to an end-its eighth and final season now screening, feverishly followed, documented, and hyped-I had planned to ask Williams about her experiences on the show, as well as her newest business venture, London Creates, and her upcoming role as Wolfsbane in the new Marvel superhero film The New Mutants. Before she was an actor, she was a dancer, and now she’s also a tech start-up entrepreneur, film producer, and industry mentor. But, in another case of art mimicking life, her innate individuality wins out.Īs is the new norm among her peers, Williams’s identity is not static. In season five, Arya throws away the grubby clothing she’s worn as a runaway throughout all of seasons two, three, and four, in an attempt to leave her old self behind and become no one: a girl with no name, who can assume the form of another by wearing their face as a disguise. While speaking with her, I am reminded of one of the pivotal moments for her character on GoT. After spending eight years on set with greasy hair, no make-up and a muted wardrobe that ran the gamut from brown to beige, she’s got her hair dyed mauve, nails painted, and at least three shades of glittery eyeshadow daubed on her lids. ![]() In her appearance, she’s as far removed from her character as might be possible. When I meet Williams at an East London café-close to the offices of her company, Daisie, which was founded in 2018 and aims to connect creative newcomers through supportive collaboration-she is enthusiastic about her many interests and ambitions, and she comes across as unfazed by the trappings of fame. On the cusp of what is surely one of the most highly anticipated conclusions in television history, Maisie Williams is figuring out how to leave Arya Stark behind. Both subvert norms of what’s expected of little girls. They have each faced and conquered adversity (for Williams, a relentless onslaught of cyberbullying in her teens for Arya, the brutal murder of most of her loved ones, culminating in the defeat of the the Night King, the harbinger of death himself). Both she and her character are independent, fierce protectors of what they believe in. Like Arya, Williams has had to grow up quickly. ![]()
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