But, I ask you, would there ever be a better time for a Game of Thrones star to blurt out an actual spoiler than on the one day of the year where bombastic statements are automatically considered counterfeit?
And here, because she said it during an April Fool’s Day interview, the admission is also viewed as a falsity-driven prank.
The logic there, which admittedly isn’t the most scientifically square, is that if Maisie Williams let it slip on any other day that Arya dies in Episode 2 of Season 8, people would have assumed she was lying just to throw fans off.
Maisie Williams Accidentally Drops a Major Spoiler in Game of Thrones' Final Season