Lena Headey Opens Up on Filming ‘Game of Thrones’ Waterboarding Scene: ‘A Really Shit Time’

Hannah Waddingham, a frontrunner to land an Emmy nomination this year for “Ted Lasso,” generated headlines last month after she revealed she was waterboarded on the “Game of Thrones” set for nearly 10 hours while filming a scene in which her character, Unella, is tortured by Cersei Lannister.

And some people will be like, ‘I don’t want to fucking put myself in that position.’ I totally respect whatever your boundaries are, but Hannah was a trooper.

Here’s what Waddingham revealed about the “Thrones” scene last month: “I was strapped to a wooden table with proper big straps for 10 hours.

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