Maisie Williams, the 21-year-old actress who gives life to Game of Thrones' character Arya Stark, recently said that she was "broken as a human" as a result of shooting for the highly acclaimed television show.

The statement comes from an Entertainment Weekly interview and refers to a particular series of shoots conducted to film an epic battle-scene, which will air as part of the show's eighth and final season.

The episode is set to feature the longest consecutive battle sequence ever committed to film, and took 11 weeks of gruelling night shoots to accomplish.

Speaking on the filming process, Williams said:

". . . nothing can prepare you for how physically draining it is. It’s night after night, and again and again, and it just doesn’t stop. You can’t get sick, and you have to look out for yourself because there’s so much to do that nobody else can do… there are moments you’re just broken as a human and just want to cry.”

Williams' co-star Iain Glen, who plays Ser Jorah Mormont, added:

“It was the most unpleasant experience I’ve had on Thrones. . . A real test, really miserable. You get to sleep at seven in the morning and when you wake in the midday you’re still so spent you can’t really do anything, and then you’re back. You have no life outside it. You have an absolute f—ked bunch of actors. But without getting too method [acting] about it, on screen it bleeds through to the reality of the Thrones world.”

The final season of Game of Thrones is set to air on HBO in April. You can watch the trailer for the final season below:

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