Originally Posted by
ClanAskani
Toxic fan culture has a new target - the Stark kids. Sophie has been defending the showrunners (Dan and David), so she's a target. Isaac Hempstead Wright has gotten death threats on social media from the Dany fans. It's insane.
I feel bad for Sophie having to do so much press right now. HBO called for a social media blackout a week after the GoT finale aired, so the showrunners haven't done interviews. The rest of the cast has been mostly off social media and not doing interviews, but Sophie is on a massive press tour for Dark Phoenix.
I'm not sure it will impact Dark Phoenix, but Sophie is so associated with the role of Sansa and people have strong feelings about her character which may be negative. Back when the first teaser trailer for X-Men: Acopalypse was being tested, people weren't told what the trailer was for there was quite a few responses of "OMG, Game of Thrones" on the opening shot of Sophie and then disappointment that it wasn't Game of Thrones. That's pretty much the weirdest reason I've heard a trailer hasn't tested well - people are upset it's not Game of Thrones. I'm not sure if Sophie has broken the association with Sansa enough that people see her as Jean. I don't, but I'm an long time ASOIAF reader.