Game of Thrones: Sophie Turner describes fantasy HBO series as her 'sex education'

Turner was 13 when she first played the role of Sansa Stark

Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner has has been candid about the extent of which the HBO series has impacted her life revealing she learnt about sex through reading the HBO series' scripts.

The 21-year-old actor took on the role of Sansa Stark at the age of 13 and, considering the show's mature content, Turner has described the show as her “sex education.”

Speaking to The Sunday Times, Turner said: “The first time I found out about oral sex was reading the Game of Thrones script.

"I was 13. I said, 'Wow! People do that? That's fascinating.' I guess that was my sex education. Being on Game of Thrones.”

Turner also reflected upon the season five rape scene which courted controversy upon its airing in 2015.

"Sexual assault wasn’t something that had affected me or anybody I knew, so I was pretty blasé about the whole thing - naively so“ she said. ”And then I shot the scene, and in the aftermath there was this huge uproar that we would depict something like that on television. My first response was like, maybe we shouldn’t have put that on screen at all.“

Despite this, Turner went on to state the scene's importance as a tool to shed light on the issue.

Game of Thrones returns to HBO and Sky Atlantic on 17 July. You can find out our compilation of everything we know so far here.