Lena Headey who is known for her role as Cersei Lannister in the hit TV series "Game of Thrones" has recently talked about her character ahead of its season 5 premiere.
The actress earlier revealed some juicy facts about her character and about the upcoming season in an exclusive interview with Los Angeles Times. One of the controversies the series recently faced was that particular scene when Cersei had sex with her brother Jaime in Joffrey's (her son's) crypt, with some fans looking at it as rape.
Headey said in the LA Times interview that she was surprised and "shocked" by that reaction from viewers.
"I was. Obviously it's not like them sitting down and having beans on toast together. You know, they've had an incestuous relationship since they were young kids. It is the world of 'Game of Thrones' and we discussed that scene a bunch before we did it. It's that thing about grieving that you try to fill the void of pain and hurt and loss. It's usually done by drinking and having sex with somebody. People manage grief in interesting ways and because they have this connection, obviously, she's not like this is the perfect place. She wanted him, but she's confused because he's just returned home and she's been living life without him and survived for the most part without him. It's almost like being without her father. So it's a very confusing dynamic. But I was shocked. Think about Craster's Keep, where there's an old man who is raping his daughters and stealing their children and giving them to zombies and nobody seemed to raise an eyebrow," the report quoted her saying.
So where is Cersei's incestuous relationship with Jaime really going? Would the audience continue to see more "surprises" from the two characters?
"They're not in the best of places. I think the honeymoon period is really over. They're at that point of having been together for a couple of years now, and there've been a few too many trips to IKEA, you know what I mean?" Headey said.
In the upcoming season, it is expected that Cersei would have a "rough" time and would be "vulnerable." One of the most anticipated scenes is the so called "Penance Walk" wherein the former queen has to take off her clothes and walk naked.
Find out what will happen to Cersei, Jaime, and the rest of the cast in the fifth season of "Game of Thrones" by welcoming the HBO TV show on April 12.
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