Diana Rigg, who passed away at age 82 last week, is being remembered by those who worked with her on “Game of Thrones”, in which she played cunning Lady Olenna Tyrell.
In the upcoming behind-the-scenes book about the making of the show, Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon, Rigg is remembered as being a formidable presence on the set.
In excerpts from the book shared by Entertainment Weekly, showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss recalled the first meeting they had with her. “We had tea with her,” Benioff said. “Dames don’t audition for you; you audition for them.
We loved her, she was funny, she was bawdy, she was everything we wanted for that character.” She also joked about the show’s frequent sex scenes. “She said with a big smile, ‘There’s an
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