Warning: This article contains major spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 5. Trigger warning: sexual abuse
At a San Diego Comic-Con panel today, Game of Thrones' star Sophie Turner discussed Season 5's stunning sexual abuse of Sansa Stark.
"Sansa is still strong despite what she's been through," Turner said of her character's survival of the controversial rape scene. "She is not to blame for any of that." Turner joked, "I don't know why they focused on Theon during that scene because I was giving a great performance."
She continued, "Sansa has developed skills from Maergery and Cersei and other folks and is still just as strong as ever. Over this whole series she has been getting by without doing anything radical, because she knows it's dangerous for her. She could die. And that is certainly true with the Ramseys. She didn't fight. She could have, but she chose not to. She is one of those characters who does her scheming in her mind rather than openly."
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At a San Diego Comic-Con panel today, Game of Thrones' star Sophie Turner discussed Season 5's stunning sexual abuse of Sansa Stark.
"Sansa is still strong despite what she's been through," Turner said of her character's survival of the controversial rape scene. "She is not to blame for any of that." Turner joked, "I don't know why they focused on Theon during that scene because I was giving a great performance."
She continued, "Sansa has developed skills from Maergery and Cersei and other folks and is still just as strong as ever. Over this whole series she has been getting by without doing anything radical, because she knows it's dangerous for her. She could die. And that is certainly true with the Ramseys. She didn't fight. She could have, but she chose not to. She is one of those characters who does her scheming in her mind rather than openly."
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