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Lena Headey used a body double for Cersei's penance.
At the end of Season 5, Cersei Lannister had to do a nude penance walk through King's Landing, aka her walk of "shame." Actress Lena Headey used a body double for the scene, with an actress named Rebecca Van Cleave doing the walk naked.
Headey told Entertainment Weekly that some fans thought she was "less of an actress" for using a double. But she explained, "I've done nudity. I'm not adverse to it. But I know I'm a very emotional actor, and I get really driven by that. In order to do my job, I allow myself to be really vulnerable. I don't know any other way to do my job. Things really affect me. And the thought of being naked for three days and trying to contain her in the way she would be, I think I would feel very angry. I didn't want to be angry. I don't think Cersei would be angry. I did what I thought she would do, emotionally."
At the end of Season 5, Cersei Lannister had to do a nude penance walk through King's Landing, aka her walk of "shame." Actress Lena Headey used a body double for the scene, with an actress named Rebecca Van Cleave doing the walk naked.
Headey told Entertainment Weekly that some fans thought she was "less of an actress" for using a double. But she explained, "I've done nudity. I'm not adverse to it. But I know I'm a very emotional actor, and I get really driven by that. In order to do my job, I allow myself to be really vulnerable. I don't know any other way to do my job. Things really affect me. And the thought of being naked for three days and trying to contain her in the way she would be, I think I would feel very angry. I didn't want to be angry. I don't think Cersei would be angry. I did what I thought she would do, emotionally."