Nathalie Emmanuel Responds to Backlash From Her Shocking 'Game of Thrones' Death

Nathalie Emmanuel is on the cover of PorterEdit‘s latest issue, out now.

Here’s what the 30-year-old Game of Thrones actress had to say…

On Missandei’s much-talked-about sex scene with the character Grey Worm [a eunuch] in Game of Thrones: “A lot of the sex on Game of Thrones is lust-filled, a bit like scratching an itch, whereas this was about trust and intimacy and acceptance of the other person fully and wholly. There were quite a few feminist articles written about the fact that it was all about Missandei’s pleasure, but other people did ask: ‘Well, how did they do it?’ I’m like, guys, if you don’t know another way to do things, then I feel like you should learn. Quickly.”

On her character Missandei’s shocking death: “I suddenly feel like she’s no longer in existence; she’s now a character from the past, and that feels different. […] The reaction on social media has been overwhelming. And that’s testament to how much people cared for the character. A lot of the comments have been: ‘You deserved better’, but it’s Game of Thrones – there’s no justice, and it doesn’t matter how good you are or how kind or sweet you are, they [the show’s machinating, power-crazed characters] will get you if it advances their own interests.”

On Missandei’s show of strength in her final scene: “In that last scene, you felt her fear but also her strength and her bravery. I love that ‘f–k you’ [moment] she had, right at the very end. I was really proud of it.”

For more from Nathalie, head to net-a-porter.com.