Sophie Turner on Playing a Glamorous Diamond Thief Fighting for Custody of Her Child in British Crime Drama ‘Joan’: ‘I Had That Maternal Ferocity in Me’
variety.comK.J. Yossman Sophie Turner returns to the small screen with a sparkle in “Joan,” a new drama about a jewellery thief so prolific she became known as “the Godmother” in Britain’s criminal underworld.
But despite her aptitude for pilfering wigs, diamonds and fake accents, “Joan” is as much a story about the lengths a mother will go to for her child (played by Mia Millichamp-Long) as it is a heist caper.
It was that maternal love that Turner, who has two young daughters of her own, most strongly identified with when she was first approached about the project.
Ahead of the series dropping in the U.K. (on ITV from Sept. 30) and the U.S. (on The CW from Oct. 2 and BritBox on Dec. 5), she sat down to talk with Variety about the most challenging aspect of filming “Joan,” meeting the real diamond thief who inspired the series and whether she’d ever return to the “Game of Thrones” universe.
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