He added that it was true to George R R Martin’s original books, however, and aided in the character’s transformation.
“Ask George R R Martin why he did that, ‘cause that’s on him,” she said in 2016.
“For Emilia to play that in series one was really tough and degrading, because what that character goes through is horrific,” Coster-Waldau told The Times.
Game of Thrones, which concluded in 2019, was often criticised for its depictions of rape, and its use of sexual violence against women as a narrative tool.