She’s known for playing dauntless Arya Stark in Game of Thrones, and now Maisie Williams says her character in new movement film Early Man is another atypical female part.
The performing artist voices Goona, a lady from the Bronze Age who mentors a group of cave dwellers – and ladies – to play football.
The film is the most recent offering from Aardman, which is known for Wallace and Gromit and Shaun The Sheep, and Williams says she was quick to work with the studio as a result of the way it depicts ladies.
“There’s so many animations or kids’ films where all the female characters are weirdly sexualised, and like you’re looking at these sexy fish with these huge eyes – I just find it really strange.
“Aardman have always just made real people… They make individual people and they’re still really successful movies that are really entertaining, without resorting to this really typical, boring example of what a woman should be like and what a man should be like.
“I simply believe it’s such a dirty move doing, to the point that – and what I adore about Aardman is they’ve generally quite recently treated the group of onlookers with more knowledge.”
In the film, Goona is unmistakably a superior player than a large number of the men praised for their gifts on the pitch – and there is nothing unexpected from the Stone Age group that a lady has been gotten to help mentor them.
“I believe it’s only an extremely wonderful method for adhering a finger up to those sexual orientation hindrances and sex limits and furthermore making an extremely extraordinary film,” Williams says.
The star likewise says she is satisfied to be offered parts that enable her to play ladies who have inclinations that would be named tomboyish by a few.
“I just think it’s such a cheap shot doing that – and what I love about Aardman is they’ve always just treated the audience with more intelligence.”
In the film, Goona is clearly a better player than many of the men lauded for their talents on the pitch – and there is no surprise from the Stone Age team that a woman has been brought in to help coach them.
“I think it’s just a really beautiful way of sticking a finger up to those gender barriers and gender boundaries and also making a really great film,” Williams says.
Williams’ character Arya in Game Of Thrones is a fan top choice, and she has been playing her since 2011 when she was 14.
With the last arrangement underway now, Williams says she is prepared to state farewell to the feisty little girl of Ned and Catelyn Stark.
“It’s altogether come at the ideal time – I have an inclination that I’m extremely prepared to close that part without a doubt, yet it doesn’t imply that I’m not going to miss it, and it is dismal.
“It’s beginning and end that I’ve known in this industry. I experienced childhood with this show, it’s difficult to envision an existence before Game of Thrones since I spent such an extensive amount my life on the show.”