{"id":692243,"date":"2026-01-13T01:37:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T01:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/692243\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T01:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T01:37:25","slug":"sophie-turner-says-filming-new-tv-series-in-london-felt-invasive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/692243\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Turner says filming new TV series in London felt \u2018invasive\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 29-year-old stars in upcoming Prime Video series Steal as Zara, an ordinary office worker who gets wrapped up in a pension fund robbery.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Press Association after a special screening of the heist thriller, the star said filming near her home in London made the show feel personal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2.83029917.jpg\" alt=\"Steal special screening \u2013 London\" data-title=\"Steal special screening \u2013 London\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Jordan Pettitt\" data-usage-terms=\"\"  \/>The star said she found it \u2018invasive\u2019 to film in recognisable locations she grew up with (Jordan Pettitt\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Turner said: \u201cTotally. It makes the whole thing feel so much more invasive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were filming on Columbia Road (in Hackney, east London), really recognisable locations that we\u2019ve all grown up with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShooting MI5 coming into buildings, or the thieves robbing places that feel like home to us felt even more invasive, which lends to the plot, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turner praised the new show, saying: \u201cThe heist happens right at the get-go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt follows the fallout from it, rather than the lead up. I was excited for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actress wore an all-black ensemble, and was dressed in a leather-look button-up jacket and a matching skirt, paired with pointed patent heels.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2.83029983.jpg\" alt=\"Steal special screening \u2013 London\" data-title=\"Steal special screening \u2013 London\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Jordan Pettitt\" data-usage-terms=\"\"  \/>Rebecca De Souza, Archie Madekwe, Sophie Turner, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Sotiris Nikias and Gemma Brandler (Jordan Pettitt\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Turner, who rose to fame as a teenager playing Sansa Stark in hit fantasy series Game Of Thrones, said she loved acting in a series that was not a period drama.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cIt is nice because it kind of takes all the distraction away of \u2018are we being authentic to the period?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt like we could really hone in our focus on the story and not worry about if buildings look too new or old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turner was joined at the screening by co-star Archie Madekwe, who plays her on-screen best friend and partner-in-crime, Luke.<\/p>\n<p>The Saltburn actor told PA the writing of the show was \u201cso exciting\u201d, and said: \u201cThe feeling I got reading it, is the feeling I think people are going to get watching it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2.83029987.jpg\" alt=\"Steal special screening \u2013 London\" data-title=\"Steal special screening \u2013 London\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Jordan Pettitt\" data-usage-terms=\"\"  \/>Archie Madekwe, Sophie Turner and Jacob Fortune-Lloyd attend the Steal special screening at Bafta in central London (Jordan Pettitt\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Fortune-Lloyd plays a detective chief inspector who is investigating the heist pulled off by Turner and Madekwe\u2019s characters, while trying to keep his own gambling problems at bay.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old said: \u201cI\u2019ve seen the whole show, and it\u2019s just wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Steal will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on January 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 29-year-old stars in upcoming Prime Video series Steal as Zara, an ordinary office worker who gets wrapped&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-692243","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115885234252254060","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}