Sophie Turner poses alongside notorious jewel thief Joan Hannington as they launch ITV drama

Game of Thrones histrion Sophie Turner was joined by real-life jewel thief Joan Hannington astatine the motorboat of ITV play Joan successful London connected Thursday night

Actress Sophie Turner, 28, was joined by jewel thief Joan Hannington astatine the motorboat of ITV play Joan successful London.

Turner, who went Instagram authoritative with her caller fellow earlier this week, wore a pick overgarment and trousers astatine the lawsuit for the caller series, which is inspired by the existent beingness communicative of the thief. Hannington, who volition beryllium played by Turner, wore a yellow, reddish and bluish outfit, with a airy bluish necklace.

Joining the brace successful the capital's Jack Solomons Club were chap formed members Gershwyn Eustache Jr, Kirsty J Curtis, Laura Aikman and Frank Dillane, on with shaper Ruth Kenley-Letts, writer Anna Symon, and manager Richard Laxton. Joan volition travel Hannington's multifaceted beingness successful the 1980s arsenic a mother, lover, liar, and 1 of Britain's astir notorious thieves.

The six-part bid was written by Symon from Hannington's memoirs and the thief was consulted during the penning process. Turner is champion known for playing Sansa Stark successful Game Of Thrones and has besides starred successful 2022's The Staircase starring Colin Firth and Netflix movie Do Revenge, arsenic good arsenic superhero movie Dark Phoenix successful 2019. The archetypal occurrence of Joan volition aerial connected ITV1 and ITVX astatine 9pm connected Sunday, September 29, with the 2nd occurrence airing connected Monday, September 30 astatine the aforesaid time.

Turner revealed earlier this twelvemonth however her Joan castmates helped her done her matrimony breakdown. Speaking successful May, the mum-of-two said she had the “worst fewer days” of her beingness pursuing her divided from vocalist Joe Jonas. The British actress, 28, who played Sansa Stark successful HBO’s deed phantasy bid Game Of Thrones, and Jonas, 34, confirmed the extremity of their four-year matrimony successful September 2023.

She reflected connected the play aft they released a associated connection saying the divided was "amicable" and pleading for "privacy for america and our children". Speaking to British Vogue astir tabloid stories that speculated she and Jonas had antithetic lifestyles, Turner said: "Those were the worst fewer days of my life.

"I retrieve I was connected set, I was contracted to beryllium connected acceptable for different 2 weeks, truthful I couldn’t leave. My kids were successful the (United) States and I couldn’t get to them due to the fact that I had to decorativeness (the ITV show) Joan. And each these articles started coming out…" She added: "It wounded due to the fact that I truly bash wholly torture myself implicit each determination I marque arsenic a parent – mum guilt is truthful real. I conscionable kept having to accidental to myself, ‘None of this is true. You are a bully mum and you’ve ne'er been a partier.’"

Turner says she was "still successful shock" astir the coverage, and she lent connected the formed of Joan, astir the transgression Joan Hannington, for "emotional support". She besides credited singer Taylor Swift for being "an implicit leader to maine this year" and said she has "never been much grateful to anyone than I americium for her due to the fact that she took my children and me, and provided america with a location and a harmless space."

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