Game Of Thrones star Hannah Waddingham has revealed that the show scrapped a harrowing storyline for her character following a fan backlash over the Sansa Stark rape scene.The actress played the role of Septa Unella in the HBO show, whose final scene in season six sees her waterboarded with wine by Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey).
The moment ends as The Mountain (Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson) ominously enters the room and closes the door, before cutting to a different scene.Waddingham has now revealed that the moment was originally meant to be even more disturbing, with bosses deciding to scrap the idea after the fan backlash to the Sansa scene in season five.“She was meant to be raped by The Mountain, and I think they’d had so many complaints.
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