Overview

• In a new Flaunt cover story, Turner says the depiction aimed to spotlight systemic misogyny and she believes it did “a lot of justice to women.”
• She notes that if the series debuted today, the episode would likely carry trigger warnings.
• The 2015 storyline drew intense backlash for departing from George R.R. Martin’s books, with even a U.S. senator declaring she would stop watching.
• Iwan Rheon, who played Ramsay Bolton, has described filming the scene as “the worst day of my career,” reflecting the production’s discomfort.
• Turner, who was 19 when it was shot after starting the show at 14, links the reaction to her subsequent involvement with Women for Women International.