The other two were Cersei, who was raped by Jaime in Season Four, and Daenerys, who was raped by Khal Drogo on her wedding night in Season One. "She was meant to be raped by The Mountain, and I think they'd had so many complaints about the rape of Sansa that they chose not to go with it," Waddingham said.įans will remember that Sansa was one of three core characters whose sexual assault was written into the show, not included in George R. The First Photos of House of the Dragon.The 20 Best Game of Thrones Characters Ranked.In an interview with Collider, Waddingham said that the televised version of the scene wasn’t always the plan-in fact, the showrunners originally had something much more upsetting up their sleeves. When Septa Unella refused, Cersei locked her in the room with The Mountain and departed, leaving Septa Unella’s gruesome fate to the imagination. Following days of torture by dungeonkeepers, Cersei herself paid a visit to Septa Unella to pour wine on her face and demand that she confess her sins. When last we saw Septa Unella at the conclusion of Season Six, she was imprisoned by Cersei after the Faith of the Seven was overthrown, restoring Cersei to the Iron Throne. Yet in a new interview with Hannah Waddingham, the actress who brought Septa Unella to life, said she experienced grueling conditions behind the camera to film those scenes.
Game of Thrones fans remember Septa Unella as one of Cersei Lannister’s most iconic foes-a fearsome faith militant who subjected the Lady of Casterly Rock to shockingly brutal punishments in the name of God, including dungeon beatings and an agonizing walk of shame through King’s Landing.