In almost a decade since her exit from the series, Natalie Dormer has looked back at her time on Game of Thrones and shared her frustration at how her character’s storyline reached its resolution. As the sixth season of Game of Thrones reached its curtain call, Dormer, also known for her work on The Tudors and The Forest, met a (wild)fiery demise inside the Sept of Baelor, on orders from Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey).
Alongside Dormer, a wealth of well-established characters, including on-screen brother Loras Tyrell (Finn Jones) and The High Sparrow (Jonathan Pryce), were killed off in the explosive finale.
The fallout from the wildfire blast led to the suicide death of King Tommen Baratheon (Dean-Charles Chapman), having witnessed the Sept of Baelor collapse. Eugene Simon, Julian Glover, Ian Gelder, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, and Ian Gelder were among the unfortunate cast members to receive the dreaded “call” from the showrunners – guaranteeing their time on the show was up.
Natalie Dormer. (Pic: HBO).“I was frustrated that she went that way, but then, she was frustrated in the scene. So of course she deserved better. I wanted more but she’s so frustrated in that moment with Jonathan [Pryce] so that’s part of it, that’s how you know you’re doing it right,” the actor revealed in conversation with Collider Ladies Night.
“She’s vindicated in the end, it’s a couple sentences, but it’s all that needs to be said. She was vindicated and I felt like I could let her go in that moment. Because she said it, man,” Dormer added.
In other Game of Thrones-related news, George R.R. Martin, the author of the series, criticised the creators behind House of the Dragon for their handling of a significant storyline in Season 2.
