Lena Headey (who played Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones from 2011 until 2019) has spoken about the bile poured on her by fans of the show. Talking to Time magazine in 2017, she explained about how this reaction changed as the seasons of Game of Thrones progressed: “I get people saying what a great performance, and that’s obviously a very nice thing to hear. But it’s changed a little bit, because at the beginning, people were like [in American accent] ‘Oh my God, you’re such a bitch!’”
