Maisie Williams reveals Game Of Thrones fans’ odd requests

Maisie Williams and Tom Hanks have been spinning intriguing yarns as they both appeared on the latest episode of The Graham Norton Show [due to air on Friday night].

The Game of Thrones favourite and the Oscar-winner – who are joined on the show with world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua – treated the audience to some intriguing tales during the show’s taping, from their careers as screen stars.

Maisie. talking about Game of Thrones’ fans bizarre requests, revealed: ‘My character has a list of the people she wants to kill. So people come up to me and ask me to recite the list and add their names at the end.’

Telling tales: Maisie Williams and Tom Hanks have been spinning intriguing yarns as they both appeared on the latest episode of The Graham Norton Show [due to air on Friday night]

Reciting the fictional death list, Maisie then added Tom, Anthony and Graham as a joke.

Maisie also demonstrated her stage fighting techniques by throwing a punch at Tom during the appearance.

The TV star – who plays Arya Stark in the hit HBO show – teased the forthcoming final season, saying: ‘It will air next year, we’re still making it. It is so much fun now there is only a small group of us left and it’s exciting to know everything that is going on.’

Tom, talking about his new Spielberg political drama The Post, in which he stars with Meryl Streep, revealed the lesser-known fact that he was a producer on Mamma Mia which she also appeared in.

What a tease(r): The TV star – who plays Arya Stark in the hit HBO show – teased the forthcoming final season, saying – ‘it will air next year, we’re still making it. It is so much fun now there is only a small group of us left and it’s exciting to know everything that is going on’

Revelation: Speaking about how he has never worked with Meryl Streep before Tom said ‘there was never a whiff of it before, but I was a producer of Mamma Mia and I tried out for a role’

Speaking about how he has never worked with the actress before, he said: ‘There was never a whiff of it before, but I was a producer of Mamma Mia and I tried out for a role.

‘I wanted to hire myself, but my singing voice would have scared the children so this is the first time I’ve got to appear with her.’

Of his and Meryl’s new film, he said: ‘It really does capture the zeitgeist of the moment – it takes place in 1971 but it’s written as though it’s 2017.

‘The issues are the same as now – people don’t change, politics don’t change and the quest for power is always there. Someone is always chasing the dragon of power.

Chit chat: Of his and Meryl’s new film, he said ‘it really does capture the zeitgeist of the moment – it takes place in 1971 but it’s written as though it’s 2017’

Joker: Joking about the use of the real Nixon tapes in the film, he added ‘Richard Nixon stars as Richard Nixon and he is fantastic!’

‘People have said that we have obviously steered the film towards current events, but the truth is we didn’t change a thing. We reflected the historic record and it just happens to be ripped right out of today’s headlines.’

Joking about the use of the real Nixon tapes in the film, he added: ‘Richard Nixon stars as Richard Nixon and he is fantastic!’

Asked about portraying living people, he went on: ‘I like to meet them – I seek them out and say to them, “Look, I’m playing you for good or bad, deal with it. As you, I’m going to say things you never said, I’ll go places you never were, and I will do things you never did, but, that being the case, I’d like to be as authentic as possible!”‘

Anthony spoke about the possibility of becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world by the end of this year, saying: ‘That’s the plan. I’m working on it.’

Line up: The Game of Thrones favourite and the Oscar-winner – who are joined on the show with world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and band First Aid Kit – treated the audience to some intriguing tales during the show’s taping, from their careers as screen stars

Heavyweight: Anthony spoke about the possibility of becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world by the end of this year

Asked about working as a promoter alongside his boxing career, he said: ‘I’ve always had the mindset that when athletes’ careers come to an end it’s the natural step after retirement and I want to be two steps ahead. I like using the momentum of competing to help guide and develop others’ careers.’

Talking about people trying to pick a fight with him, he said: ‘I keep things separate. There is me in the ring and then there is my family and being an ambassador of the sport outside the ring but some people can’t make that distinction and approach me in an over confident and rough way.

‘I’m still a street kid at heart – don’t let the nice suit fool you – so I have to balance not slamming them back while letting them know I am not to be fooled with.’  

The Graham Norton Show, BBC One, Friday 12th January 10.35PM.