Sophie Turner admits she got 'very emotional' shooting ITV drama during Joe Jonas divorce

Game of Thrones prima Sophie Turner portrays diamond thief and abused woman Joan Harrington, who became a notorious transgression successful 1980s London's underworld - but immoderate scenes deed a small adjacent to home

Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner has admitted to being "swept away" by emotion erstwhile filming for her relation successful caller ITV play Joan, based connected the beingness of Joan Hannington, during her divorcement from Joe Jonas.

The 28-year-old actress, who shares 2 children with Jonas Brothers prima and begetter of her 2 children Joe, has revealed however she identified with the teen mum, who became a notorious gangster successful the 1980s. Their divorcement took a crook erstwhile the brace were embroiled successful a bitter quality implicit their 2 girls Willa, four, and Delphine, two.

Although their divorcement is present yet completed, erstwhile filming Joan, Sophie recalls being "swept away" by emotion, uncovering it casual to outcry for the cameras arsenic she felt truthful emotional. She said: "I’m a Pisces. I’m precise emotional. And I’m a mother, truthful thing to bash with children and it conscionable flows out. I deliberation sometimes erstwhile you are doing a amusement similar this and there’s diamonds and glamour, you get swept distant by it all."

Sophie, known for her relation arsenic Sansa Stark successful Game of Thrones, said the "remarkable" existent communicative shows the antithetic facets of jewel-thief Joan, who earned herself the moniker The Godmother. The amusement follows Joan arsenic she escapes her convulsive husband, forced to enactment her girl into attraction portion she gets herself sorted. She's near homeless, with nary money, earlier getting a occupation successful a jewellers, wherever she steals her archetypal diamonds. She meets antiques trader Boisie, played by Frank Dillane, and the brace go partners successful crime.

Sophie explained: "There truly is truthful overmuch to her – mother, lover, liar, thief," adding: "You person to retrieve that this is to supply a coagulated and unchangeable beingness for her girl truthful she tin get her back. And it’s truly a heartbreaking story." The communicative volition person been particularly poignant for Sophie, who was filming amid her ain custody conflict with her ex.

Sophie and her on-screen person Frank built up a beardown bond, with Frank supporting her emotionally. The histrion added: "We became truly adjacent really during this. It was imperative that we had a bully narration and I deliberation I benignant of artistically fell successful emotion with Frank a small bit, due to the fact that the mode helium works is truthful fascinating. I truly recovered myself benignant of relying connected him for a batch of it, the benignant of affectional stuff." Frank, who besides starred arsenic Nick Clarke successful Walking Dead, agreed, admitting: "Sophie is truthful casual to love. I recovered it conscionable specified a pleasure."

The existent beingness Joan, who is present 68 and surviving a mean life, attended the premiere and commended ITV for their casting, joking she is "jealous" of the younger, "slimmer" Sophie. She added: "They couldn’t person got anyone amended – truthful kudos to them. I anticipation they get the designation they deserve."

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