United Kingdom, Sept. 6 -- Maisie Williams found the first half of her 20s "just hell".

The 29-year-old actress was just 13 when she was cast as Arya Stark in Game of Thrones but she struggled in the wake of the fantasy drama series ending in 2019 because she didn't know where life would take her next, and she was also trying to unpick her childhood, which saw her parents split when she was a baby and her dad no longer being part of her life.

She told The Guardian: "The first half of my 20s was just hell, but I think maybe it is for a lot of people.

"I think that has more to do with the fact that Game of Thrones was ending, and I didn't know what I was going to do next, and I just needed a break, to be honest with you.

"And then it al...