Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner has revealed that she’s been asked to lose weight for roles in the past.
The 21-year-old, best known for her role as Sansa Stark in HBO’s Game of Thrones, is getting real about the pressure young actresses are put under in Hollywood.
has exposed the harsh truth about fame and the pressure actresses are put under in Hollywood.
“There are often times when I have done jobs and they’ve told me that I have to lose weight, even when it has nothing to do with the character,” she told Porter magazine. “It is so f***ed up.”
F***ed up: Sophie has been asked to lose weight for roles in the past | Apega/WENN.com
Sophie, who is dating singer Joe Jonas, also spoke about life in the public eye – and how she first tried to carry on with life as normal, much to the despair of her team.
“It was so gradual that I still treated my life and my social media like I wasn’t in the public eye. I was a 15-year-old girl writing rash political stuff that would get a negative reaction and my team would tell me to take it down. Now I am learning to keep my mouth shut,” she explained.
Game of Thrones is finally set to come to an end next year with it’s eighth and final season, and Sophie admitted that she’ll be “sad” to leave her character behind.
“It’s like losing my safety net. I’m so sad to leave Sansa, but I’m also excited for a new chapter in my career. It feels like I’m shedding a skin and there is a certain weightlessness to that,” she added.
