Maisie Williams Hints Arya's Story Arc Will Come Full Circle in 'Game of Thrones' Season 8

Maisie Williams is getting nostalgic about Arya Stark's time on Game of Thrones.

The actress said that she's been looking for her character to come full circle in the pivotal final season of the show. She recently told Entertainment Weekly:

“After reading the scripts I went back and watched season 1 again because so much of it refers back to that season. There are so many scenes that will look similar. And also I watched just to remind myself of the arc I’ve taken already. I wanted Arya to go full circle and try for some kind of normalcy like when she was younger."

The 21-year-old actress also added that she felt a large sense of duality happening in the last season of the show. "Basically this year it’s like she has a dual personality — there are so many emotions and memories that come flooding back when you’re with your family and the things that you fight for become very different, yet she’s also remaining on this path to try and kill Cersei and remembering her list and getting closer to that. So there’s this split with Arya between trying to be who she wants to be — getting back to the naïveté and innocence with her family — and unfinished business," she shared.

And apart from her character specifically, Williams teased the final season with: "There’s a lot of death this year." Of course.

We're looking forward to seeing Arya and the rest of our favorite characters from Westeros when Game of Thrones returns on April 14.