“ When I was younger, I think there was a scene in season one or two where my character narrowly escapes a sexual assault. I didn’t fully understand it…I was trying to figure it out in my young little head. I did feel—and still do—that Game of Thrones shone a light on things that many people were like ‘Oh god, you can’t show that kind of thing’—and I understand it can be triggering— I totally understand that point of view. But I did feel we were actually doing a lot of justice to women and the fight women have had to fight for hundreds of thousands of years—the patriarchy, being treated as objects, and being constantly sexually assaulted—I don’t think there’s one woman I know who hasn’t had a form of that. I think if Game of Thrones came out today, we’d definitely put some trigger warnings on there, but I’m really proud to have been a part of Game of Thrones where they didn’t shy away from showing atrocities that happened to women back then. I feel proud to have been part of the conversation.”
— Sophie Turner when asked about the difficult scenes she filmed on Game Of Thrones
