Game of Thrones scene that got out of control

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Game of Thrones' last season included the usual doses of shock and gore.

Major characters were killed off without warning. Someone's head exploded like a watermelon. That was all fairly ordinary by the show's famously gruesome standards. But one scene seemed to cross a new line.

Unsurprisingly, the scene in question involved this dysfunctional pair. Source: Supplied

As the Queen Regent, Cersei, stood alongside the body of her dead son, she was joined by her brother (and lover) Jaime. He proceeded to force himself on her, despite her protestations.

The scene was deeply disturbing. At worst, it was rape. At best, it seriously blurred the definition of consent. There was a fierce backlash from many fans, who claimed the show had gone too far.

"I was sure there was going to be a lot of talk about it," Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays Jaime, tells GQ Magazine in an exclusive interview. "But I assumed it was going to be about the fact we had sex in front of our dead son. It became more about, 'Was it rape?', which shocked us. I sound naive, but I never saw it like that.

"It was as if Game of Thrones was now social commentary. I was like, 'Really?', and suddenly it was pro-rape. I'm not going to talk about that because it's a sensitive topic. But it's a television show with a storyline featuring two people who have had a dysfunctional relationship. It's clearly not healthy for either of them — that scene being just another example. And suddenly a scene in a television show is used as an argument in an overall political discussion."

You know nothing of sleeves Jon Snow. Source: GQ Australia

There are two different versions of this edition's cover. Source: GQ Australia

Game of Thrones had invited controversy before, but never to the same extent. Even George R.R. Martin, author of the book series upon which the program is based, was forced to defend the scene after it aired.

"An artist has an obligation to tell the truth. My novels are epic fantasy, but they are inspired by and grounded in history," Martin said.

"Rape and violence have been a part of every war ever fought, from the ancient Sumerians to our present day.

"To omit them from a narrative centred on war and power would have been fundamentally false and dishonest, and would have undermined one of the themes of the books — that the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves."

This character definitely carries some emotional baggage. Source: Supplied

The "rape" scene was particularly shocking because Jaime had paradoxically become one of the show's most popular and sympathetic personalities. Coster-Waldau has always been fully aware of his character's moral failings — Jaime did push a young child out a window during the first episode of the series — but he's still stubbornly defensive about the man. That shines through in his interview with GQ.

"What if killing this kid was the only way to save your life and those of your sister and three children?" Coster-Waldau says.

"Probably more people than not would say, 'Yeah, I would kill someone else's child to save my own child, even if that other child was innocent.' These are the difficult decisions people make, and they're worth examining.

"We all know the feeling of meeting someone and then being surprised and almost ashamed because we find out this person was nothing like what we'd expected. People can relate to that in Jaime."

Jaime Lannister's too cool to wear shoes. Source: GQ Australia

Even when he's not playing Jon Snow, Kit Harington wears black. Source: GQ Australia

This moral ambiguity — the idea that no character is completely good or bad — is the driving force behind Game of Thrones' popularity, Coster-Waldau says. That, and the show's unpredictability.

"I really do believe that it's what the writers did with these characters that makes it interesting. They're also good at holding on to that element of 'no one's safe', which is something George R.R. Martin wanted to have in his books. Just because it's a main character, that doesn't guarantee survival."

We should expect more stunning deaths during the show's looming fifth season, which starts on April 12.

You can read more insights from Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and from fellow Thrones star Kit Harington, in the March/April edition of GQ.

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