Actress sophie turner has now defended the show, 10 years on. Sophie turner says game of thrones was actually doing a lot of justice to women despite generating constant backlash. Game of thrones' sansa rape scene was controversial and sparked outrage, but it shouldn't have been surprising based on the show's tone and trajectory.
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Sophie turner defends sansa's game of thrones rape scene
'i feel proud to have been part of the conversation' but i did feel we were actually doing a lot of justice to women, the actress adds.
Game of thrones had to really push to top how upsetting the red wedding was, but sunday's episode, unbowed, unbent, unbroken, presented the most horrifying scene to date The rape of sansa stark. The rape of daenerys targaryen, the rape of cersei lannister, and the rape of sansa stark Game of thrones star sophie turner is opening up about filming one of the series' controversial scenes
She talked about her character's story, which included being assaulted on her wedding night Turner talked with flaunt magazine about sansa stark's journey in game of thrones, which she filmed when she was still in her teens When i was younger, i think there was a scene in season one or. Game of thrones may have a history of mishandling rape, but this particular scene was necessary
And, unlike some of the others, it was treated with appropriate gravity
As an act of war. Sophie turner defended game of thrones ' controversial depiction of rape in a new interview speaking to flaunt magazine, the actress said by showing these moments it was actually doing a lot of.
