Sophie Turner found it ‘weird’ having Kit Harington play her lover

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Sophie Turner found it “weird” to play Kit Harington’s lover in a movie.

The pair — who first starred together as half-siblings Sansa Stark and Jon Snow in eight seasons of Game of Thrones between 2011 and 2019 — have showcased a very different relationship in upcoming gothic horror film The Dreadful, and the 29-year-old actress admitted it was bizarre having to get up close and personal with her good friend.

Speaking in a video interview with Vogue, she said:
“I did a movie last year which I’m really excited about with my old but very good friend Kit Harington, who played my brother on Game of Thrones.
We’re doing a gothic horror… but we play lovers.”

Sophie then grimaced as she apologised to viewers.
She said:
“Sorry, guys. It’s really weird for all of us.”

Game of Thrones featured incestuous relationships and Sophie had previously teased “things could happen” between Sansa and Jon, particularly after his true parentage was revealed, but she admitted she would find it awkward.

Speaking in 2016, she told Access Hollywood:
“Things could happen, things couldn’t happen. They are cousins and it is Game of Thrones.
I could not do that with Kit. There’s no way I could do those kind of scenes with Kit — I’d laugh way too much.”

Despite finding it “weird” playing lovers in The Dreadful, which is set in the 15th century during the War of the Roses, Sophie previously admitted she pushed producers to cast Kit, 38, opposite her.