Sophie Turner regarded again on “Sport of Thrones” as a part of a prolonged interview with Flaunt Journal — particularly on the scene wherein her new husband Ramsay Bolton (performed by Iwan Rheon) raped her character on their wedding ceremony evening. The scene stirred up loads of controversy, however Turner mentioned she nonetheless believes the present was “really doing a whole lot of justice to ladies.”
“I did really feel—and nonetheless do—that ‘Sport of Thrones’ shone a light-weight on issues that many individuals had been like ‘Oh god, you’ll be able to’t present that sort of factor’—and I perceive it may be triggering—I completely perceive that viewpoint,” Turner started.
“However I did really feel we had been really doing a whole lot of justice to ladies and the struggle ladies have needed to struggle for lots of of 1000’s of years—the patriarchy, being handled as objects and being continually sexually assaulted—I don’t assume there’s one lady I do know who hasn’t had a type of that.”
Rheon, for his half, beforehand described filming the tense scene as “the worst day of my profession.”
“That was horrible. No one needed to be there. No one desires to try this, but when it’s telling a narrative then it’s a must to inform it in truth,” he advised Metro again in 2020. “They didn’t sensationalize it or something. It was very, very onerous watching. It’s a horrible factor that occurs, sadly … It was the worst day of my profession.”
“Chopping somebody’s finger off you don’t actually see it, and whenever you’re doing like a detailed up, it’s a chunk of plastic. We’re simply appearing, it’s not actual. Then one thing like that the place you’re within the precise actuality of the scenario could be very troublesome to take care of,” he continued. “It was a horrible, horrible day. That is one thing that we shouldn’t even have to fret about, as a result of it’s one thing that shouldn’t exist on this world however sadly it does.”
Turner additionally advised Flaunt that when she shares her perspective with males about how prevalent sexual assault is, a lot of them don’t imagine her.
“And that’s as a result of we don’t [talk about] it sufficient—we shrink back from it,” she mentioned.
Turner added, “However I’m actually proud to have been part of ‘Sport of Thrones’ the place they didn’t shrink back from exhibiting atrocities that occurred to ladies again then. I really feel proud to have been a part of the dialog.”
You’ll be able to learn the full interview with Flaunt right here.
