How Sophie Turner dealt with weight issues on the sets of Game of Thrones?
Sophie Turner is a common household name these days with her iconic role in Game of Thrones and X-Men movies. But things weren’t always so joyous with her while she was shooting as Sansa Stark on the sets on GOT. She said her metabolism suddenly hit turmoil and fell drastically. As a result of this, she started gaining a lot of weight.
We all know that Sophie Turner is making waves with her role as Lady in the North on the super hit show Game of Thrones but off the
She said that she now really knows and understands that what level of problems people will mental illness go through as she has
Soon another pressure started to mount on her and this time it as from the film and television studios. She said that it was the therapy session that helped her see through the situation. She adds that everyone would need a therapist when people around them are constantly reminding you about your bad looks and things that shed your confidence altogether. She says that is important to have someone to talk to, especially a professional one, in times like she faced herself.
Sophie Turner further opened up about how negative criticism impacted her. People were highly critical about her weight and how she had developed too many spots on her skin. Though this was quite normal as she was a teenager back then but it was the negative comments about her acting skills that impacted her even more. As if it wasn’t enough to take the thrashing about her changing physical appearance, the negative reception of her acting was a bitter experience for the actress.
She said that she became too self-conscious regarding everything about her on the sets and even requested that they tightened her corset a lot to appear in shape. All of this affected her self-confidence in a major way and in
Sophie says that a great deal of credit should be given to her husband Joe Jonas who was her boyfriend then, who helped her great deal in getting back her self-esteem. She says that if it wasn’t for him, she wouldn’t have made it through the way she did. We wish the very best to you