Game Of Thrones season 8 will be the 'bloodiest yet': Sophie Turner promises 'more death and emotional torture than all the years before'

Published: 11:52 BST, 29 June 2018 | Updated: 23:54 BST, 29 June 2018

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It might be a year until fans get to see Game Of Thrones season 8, but Sophie Turner has promised that it will be 'bloodier' than any of the other seasons before it.

Speaking to Gold Derby she said: 'It's Game Of Thrones so it's going to be bloodier and more death and more emotionally torturous than all the years before.'

This is quite a feat for the show, given the back-catalogue of bloodbaths that have occurred over the past seasons.

Bloodbath: It might be a year until fans get to see Game Of Thrones season 8, but Sophie Turner has promised that it will be 'bloodier' than any of the other seasons before it

Deaths have included being crowned with molten gold, having eyes gauged out and skull crushed and being mauled to death by dogs - the latter of which was at the hands of Sophie's character Sansa Stark.

And who could forget when Walder Frey was fed a pie containing his own children before having his throat slit by Arya Stark?

Sophie, 22, also added: 'I can tell you that there's definitely a coming together of people to fight the impending doom. There's a lot of tension between these little groups, battling for what they think is right.'

Despite being sworn to absolute secretly, tidbits of information have crept from Sophie in particular, nodding to exciting plot developments but never giving anything major away.

Quite a feat: Deaths have included being crowned with molten gold, having eyes gauged out and skull crushed and being mauled to death by dogs

Speaking to Gold Derby she said: 'It's Game Of Thrones so it's going to be bloodier and more death and more emotionally torturous than all the years before'

There's a vast back-catalogue of bloodbaths that have occurred over the past seasons

She previously revealed that the entire cast 'applauded and wept' at the final table read, when they joined for the last time to go through the last script.

As it's the final season, all bets are off during season 8, and Sophie also revealed that her character, Sansa, is embracing her role as a fighter.

'I always saw something of a warrior in Sansa that I don’t think other people really saw,' she said. 'I always had the feeling that she was learning and adapting and at some point or another it was going to manifest itself somehow.

'And she manifested it into being a warrior. It felt really satisfying when it happened, and I’m really happy where this story-line for her has ended up.'

Ice blonde: Sophie is sporting a stylish new look. The Game Of Thrones star showed off her cut and dye that gives her 'Khaleesi blonde' shoulder-length hair on social media Thursday

'New beginnings': Sophie, a paid ambassador for Wella Hair, gave the brand a shoutout as she shared a photo of her new lob and color with stylist Christian Wood

It seems that Sophie's scenes have either been wrapped or she's back to wearing a wig on set - as she debuted a stylish new look this week.

The actress has spent years dying her natural blonde hair red for her role as fiery redhead Sansa on the HBO series and, while lately she has been sporting long blonde locks, she's now taken it to a new level with a cut and dye that gives her 'Khaleesi blonde' shoulder-length hair.

The British actress, who's engaged to musician Joe Jonas, took to Instagram to show off her new stylish lob and icy blonde waves.

It immediately drew comparisons to the Game Of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryen, who is played by fellow Brit Emilia Clarke.

'Guess who?' Christian shared a clip of him starting to cut the star's hair as he teased the identity of his famous client

In need of a change: Sophie was seen with longer yellower hair at the wedding in Scotland of her co-stars Rose Leslie and Kit Harington last Saturday

New movie: Sophie had to go red again for her role as Jean Grey in X-Men: Dark Phoenix set for release in February 2019

Sophie is an ambassador for Wella Hair and gave the brand a shoutout in her social media post.

'New beginnings, new #WellaHair! ♥️ Thank you @sonyadove and @cwoodhair for transforming my look with @wellahairusa,' she wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of herself with stylist Christian Wood.

In the seventh season of Game Of Thrones, Sophie wore a wig for her role as Sansa, after previously dying her hair red for filming.

'I started wearing a wig in season seven because I had dyed my hair blonde and it wasn’t the best experience, so we couldn’t really dye my hair back red,' she explained to ELLE.com.

She had to go red again for her role as Jean Grey in X-Men: Dark Phoenix set for release in February 2019.