Know how Sophie Turner made a controversial scene from Game of Thrones a symbol of women’s fight.
Sansa Stark’s initial confusion
When Sansa Stark was in danger in Season 2, Sophie Turner was at an age when her understanding was as hazy as dreams.
At that time, she felt with all her heart, “What is happening?” But she kept searching for answers in her mind.
Ramsay Bolton’s terror
There is no need to tell how the episode “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken” of Season 5 was.
The atrocities committed by Ramsay Bolton on Sansa’s wedding night made many people in the world shudder.
People on social media said, “What was the need to show such brutality?”
Sophie’s new perspective
Today, at the age of 29, Sophie Turner says that then she got a chance to “understand more deeply”.
She admitted that the controversial scene could be triggering, but at the same time, in her opinion, it brings out the truth of violence against women.
Need for trigger warning
Sophie says that if GoT were released today, “we would definitely have put a trigger warning.”
This does not mean that the story has become weak; rather, the emotional safety of the audience would have been taken care of.
Light on women’s struggle
“We showed hundreds of thousands of years of women’s struggle,” Sophie told Flaunt magazine.
She told that she knows how deadly patriarchy can be and how much it tolerates any woman.
Proud amidst criticism
Some critics say that this scene was done for “shock value”. Sophie does not agree with this.
She believes that GoT “showed the atrocities that women have been facing.”
Participation and conversation
Today, Sophie Turner is proud of the participation, which gave rise to a big conversation.
She considered it a platform for women to talk openly about the subject.
A lifelong education
Game of Thrones taught Sophie not just acting, but work etiquette, professionalism and big life lessons.
In an interview, she joked, “A big part of my sex education came from this series.”
This story became not just a controversy about a TV show, but a means to raise questions about violence against women in society.
Sophie Turner’s experience reminds us that sometimes actors and viewers together come face to face with the truths that we try to hide on a daily basis.