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Sophie Turner Defends 'Game of Thrones' Wedding-Night Rape Scene in New Interview

Turner says the depiction aimed to confront the realities of abuse, with trigger warnings appropriate today.

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Overview

  • In a Flaunt interview, Turner said the show "did a lot of justice to women" and that she feels proud to have been part of the conversation.
  • She acknowledged the scene can be triggering and said a present-day release would likely include trigger warnings.
  • The episode drew intense backlash when it aired and differed from the novels, where a different character is involved in the storyline.
  • Producer-writer Bryan Cogman has said the team chose not to avoid what would realistically happen given the characters and setting.
  • Iwan Rheon, who played Ramsay Bolton, previously called filming the sequence the worst day of his career and said nobody wanted to be there.