Game of Thrones’ costume designer may rattle off spoilers as she pleases, but series star Gemma Whelan wasn’t afforded the same luxury in Season 2.
Announcing her character very nearly cost our then-future Yara her job, Whelan recounts in a new interview.
One of the lovely, lovely producers on Thrones called me into his office and said, ‘This is very serious.
I just thought it was normal to pop it on my Spotlight entry, so I wrote on my CV, ‘This summer, Gemma will be playing Yara Greyjoy in Game of Thrones.’