Maisie Williams was disappointed the Game of Thrones writers didn't let Arya kill Cersei

Entertainment Weekly

"I just wanted to be on set with Lena (Headey) again, she’s good fun,” Williams tells EW. “And I wanted Arya to kill Cersei even if it means (Arya) dies too. Even up to the point when Cersei’s with Jaime I thought (while reading the script), ‘He’s going to whip off his face (and reveal its Arya)’ and they’re both going to die. I thought that’s what Arya’s drive has been.” Williams says of Arya's fate: “It’s not a Game of Thrones ending for Arya, it’s a happy ending. It gave me a place to take Arya that I never thought I’d go with her again.”