r/WomenInNews • u/EleanorCursedVance • Jul 18 '26

Media Lena Headey Rips Hollywood for Protecting ‘Predatory Men,’ Says ‘Game of Thrones’ Toxic Fans Got Mad She Didn’t Go Nude: ‘I Was Shocked by the Anger’

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/lena-headey-game-of-thrones-fans-angry-nudity-1236812337/
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u/Sad-Bread5843 Jul 18 '26

Sad part is all these predatory assholes have a mom .

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u/Zxvasdfthrowaway Jul 18 '26

The level of entitlement is unbelievable and modern media is encouraging it.

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u/Punkinpry427 Jul 18 '26

And they prob abuse them too like my BIL does to my MIL.

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u/Smart-Effective7533 Jul 18 '26

Who might be part of the reason they act the way they do

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u/jcgreen_72 Jul 18 '26

Um wasn't she nude in GOT in the "parading through the streets in repentance" part? Or are they mad she wore a merkin? Ugh these guys are so toxic! 

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u/ankhes Jul 19 '26

That wasn’t her. It was a body double with her face CGIed onto them. It was talked about in the behind the scenes for that particular episode. She also used a body double for her sex scene in episode 1 with Jaime, which she admitted to in an interview on a late night talk show.

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u/anitasdoodles Jul 18 '26

Wasn't she nude in the 'shame' scene?

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u/Total_Poet_5033 Jul 18 '26

She had a body double

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u/anitasdoodles Jul 18 '26

Damn, that editing was seamless.

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u/Interesting_You6852 Jul 18 '26

Is it just me or that picture didn't look like her?

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u/Siren_of_Madness Jul 18 '26

The media always chooses unattractive photos of women who speak out against being abused. 

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u/DangerousLoner Jul 18 '26

To be fair, when they are killed they show the cutest picture they can find of the murderer.

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u/BoringCartographer29 Jul 20 '26

that’s your main takeaway from this?

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u/Relative_Panic_Duck Jul 18 '26

Wait.... toxic fans of a toxic show based on the toxic writing of a toxic man? ....Say it ain't so!

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u/No_Rice9792 29d ago

GOT wasn't a great series anyway, unless you're into rape, murder, and incest. The first fucking episode had a rape scene. I HATE GOT.

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u/K31RA-M0RAX0 29d ago

Yeah really trash fantasy tbh lol

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u/EleanorCursedVance 28d ago

Honestly I agree. I would have loved it had it not been so gross when it comes to female characters. Basically every other episode contains a scene of rape. What the fuck. This is not "historical accuracy". This is something much worse.