Sophie Turner Was Actually Really Scared About Dying Her Hair Red For 'Game of Thrones'

Sophie Turner looks amazing as a redhead and up until fairly recently, JJJ thought she was a natural ginger!

However, the Game of Thrones stars was born a blondie and changing her hair for the show when she was just a teen, was a bit scary for her.

“I was a little skeptical about it,” she says in her cover story with W magazine.

“Being a thirteen year old girl and going red, of course you kind of get mercilessly teased about it,” she adds. “But I spoke to the producers before I got the role and they explained to me that it is so integral to the part and her ancestry and it’s a subliminal message to the audience about her mother and Robb and then Ayra’s closeness to Jon and her father.”

“Once they explained, I realized it was kind of amazing that for my first role, I got to transform myself. That was pretty cool.”

Sophie adds, laughing a bit about her parents reaction: That was my version of rebellion, I guess. My parents are pretty happy that I didn’t go black hair and get tattoos all over my arms. My rebellion was floor-length skirts and red hair.”