GIRLS OF THE MOMENT
Maisie Williams
What the 25-year-old Game of Thrones actor did next
After playing out her teenage years as Arya Stark in the hit series Game of Thrones, you’d forgive Maisie Williams for wanting an early retirement. But Williams has made a glorious return to the screen: riding her bike through the suburban streets of England while completely topless.
No, this wasn’t a classic case of. “I felt very comfortable and turned a lot of heads,” says Williams, who plays punk icon Jordan (aka Pamela Rooke) in Danny Boyle’s retelling of the pioneers behind the Sex Pistols. “I could tell that other people didn’t know where to look, which made me smile. [I felt] very empowered.” Transitioning from a role where she was forced to suppress her femininity (Williams had to bind her chest during the early seasons of ), the star has discovered a newfound liberation in her latest role. “Jordan expressed a lot of her appearance through turning the male gaze back on itself,” says Williams. “Being able to inhabit a character like that gives me the ability to portray someone who is as bold as I would like to be.”
