Game of Thrones Star Lena Headey Shares How She Wanted Cersei Lannister's Story to End

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Game of Thrones Star Lena Headey Shares How She Wanted Cersei Lannister's Story to End

2023/11/21 Report

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star Lena Headey had a very different ending in mind for how Cersei Lannister's story should end in the show's final season, but the showrunners had other plans.

Back in 2019, Headey shared how she was disappointed in how the show's ending, noting at the time how it was in contrast to what she had "dream[ed]" about for the character.

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In a new interview with THR, Headey opened up more on her ending, specifying how she would have preferred Cersei's story arc to conclude. The Emmy-nominated actress said the ideal ending would've been for Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) to surprise Cersei by confronting her while disguised as her lover/brother, Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau).

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