Valyrian steel blades are scarce and costly, yet thousands of them remain in the world, perhaps some two hundred in the Seven Kingdoms alone (III: 359)
Maisie Williams as Arya
Maisie Williams will be playing Arya in HBO’s “A Game of Thrones” television series. GRRM sent her one of our Needle’s to practice with and he has the pictures up on his blog.
I personally think Needle looks good in her hands, we messed around with the length a little bit in the design process, trying to figure the appropriate length for a fictional girl, and it looks like we ended up spot on, or near enough as makes no matter.
Needle can be purchased here and is in stock.
Here are two of the pictures, not seen on his blog.
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April 8th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
[…] Steel has posted two more images of Maisie with […]
April 14th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
I wonder if she has knowledge of Martial Arts?
June 26th, 2010 at 4:53 am
Could it be that Maisie Williams is a lefthander? (No bad meaning,though)
June 27th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Isn’t Arya left handed as well?
July 13th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Yes, Arya is left-handed. Her instructor Syrio Forel approved: “The left is good. All is reversed, it will make your enemies more awkward.”
July 25th, 2010 at 7:37 am
Now if only someone taught her how to actually use a european-style sword… The way she poses, she will pretty soon HAVE no other hand… Swordfighting isn’t karate.
September 28th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
This is going to be awesome - I just learned they’re having an HBO show from wikipedia - This is my favorite series. I’m freakin stoked.
December 6th, 2010 at 6:06 am
She looks so awsome. Just like I immagined her.
January 29th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
you won’t belive this but she’s my best friend and she’s right handed but she learnt to do it left handed x she i sawesome and i find it so weird seeing her online like this x
January 31st, 2011 at 3:44 am
Hey, sound gash.
Alright Cass?? xxx
April 26th, 2011 at 8:13 pm
They should have had a Historical European Martial Arts instructor teach her the proper styles. She’s fantastic so far though
April 30th, 2011 at 7:43 pm
Arya wouldn’t have been very good right when she first started, so it makes sense for her to learn with the series. I’m sure she’ll catch on quickly.
May 9th, 2011 at 11:57 am
I read somewhere that Maisie is right-handed, and had to work extra hard to be credible as a left-handed fighter.
May 12th, 2011 at 8:50 pm
I was ready for Maisie to disappoint me, but so far she’s been phenomenal. She’s the perfect Arya, and I suspect we’ll be seeing her on stage and screen for years to come.
And don’t think we as fans aren’t noticing the hard work she’s been putting into her role off-screen as well.
May 15th, 2011 at 11:10 pm
I think Miss Williams is perfect as Arya. The casting director should get a raise and his own parking spot for the outstanding job done on the entire cast… As for her fighting style… I think it’s just as it should be considering her instructor was Bravossi and the fighting style is called Water Dancing… It would be kinda… well, dumb, to have her fight in the European style… Don’t ya think???
June 2nd, 2011 at 2:01 am
She is an excellent actor, really brings Arya to life. Terrific show all around, she deserves a lot of credit.
June 4th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Arya is one of my favorite characters from the books and in the HBO series. Great job Maisie!
July 13th, 2011 at 6:01 am
Being left handed myself and unfortunate enough to have had a teacher who still bought into the idea that left handed people were evil and tried to force me to write with my right hand, I can tell you very well that trying to do anything with the hand that you are not dominant in is a nightmare. I developed severe headaches, and then mild seizures. Thankfully, I finally went to the school principal in tears and it turned out….she was left handed. I stopped getting smacked with rulers, but the damage was done. When they tried to teach me to write left handed, I couldn’t do it that way either. I had to take calligraphy classes for four years to finally learn how to write legibly. I can write ambidextrously now, but I’d give it all up to have just had a teacher that accepted my lefty-ness and had left me to it.
This young lady in the movie is older, and most likely will not have the mental side effects that I did (as a small child your brain is still setting up his neuron network, interference at to young an age causes the problems) Being a lefty I of course always spot it when people do things left handed, I’m amazed to learn this young lady is a righty playing a lefty, I’ve gone back and watched over and over, no where do I see her screw up. Whether that is here or the continuity editors, it’s still an amazing feat and I’m most impressed. Keep up the good work young miss, I can’t wait to see what you learn next!
July 22nd, 2011 at 7:12 pm
Someone pointed out that Maisie is using her left hand. Arya is indeed left-handed, but Maisie is not. Having researched her character, she just picked it up with her left hand and started working. Someone in the crew pointed it out, and she said, “No, I’m not left handed, but Arya is, so it seemed like the right way to do it.”
Because Maisie is a badass.
August 8th, 2011 at 11:06 am
Victor P. I couldn’t agree with you more that it would have been very dumb to have her fighting European this series has nothing to do with Europe it is Westeros and she is learning from a Bravossi. Maisie is doing a fantastic job as is the whole cast!
October 13th, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Rhiannon, that is a very sad story about your trauma. But would it have been as traumatic if doing one thing right-handed had been a challenge you took on yourself, and received praise for your adaptability? I don’t doubt your story for a minute; bigotry and being punished for something that wasn’t even bad could cause all kinds of permanent harm.
But Miss Williams isn’t being called evil or forced into this. I’m sure she can still sign autographs with her dominant hand. She is a professional actor doing what she feels the role demands, and getting accolades for it. That sounds like the very opposite of trauma.
November 15th, 2011 at 7:24 am
Parabens pelo excelente que faz como a Arya de Crônicas e Gelo.
December 8th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
i pictured arya somewhat differently, but she has done a truly amazing job in her role i commend her.
January 12th, 2012 at 10:11 am
We go to school with Masie (and cass!) Masie is a very taleneted actress and dancer! we should kow we are in her classes!!! lol! yeah like cass said masie is right handed! she is such a lovely and fun person!:P