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"Game of Thrones" was coy while "Star Wars" went big._  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jul 12, 2015 5:49 PM UTC  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jul 12, 2015 5:49 PM UTC Some of the toughest women in the film industry shared their best war stories and spoke about the discrimination they still experience as women in Hollywood, during _Entertainment Weekly’_s annual “Women Who Kick Ass” panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday. The best anecdote was from Gwendoline Christie, who stars as Brienne of Tarth on _Game of Thrones_ and will star in both the _Star Wars_ and _Hunger Games_ films this winter. The actress said that for two months she and Rory McCann practiced the epic battle between Brienne and the Hound at the send of season four. In one part of the scene, she was supposed to mimic punching him in the groin area, and they had carefully choreographed how to make it look real on camera. But just before cameras rolled, McCann told her, “Do it for real.” “What you see in that fight is genuine connection of fist and undercarriage,” she said. When asked about her female role models growing up, Christie said Sigourney Weaver in the _Alien_ films has always been an inspiration. “She had that strength and power but no forsaking her femininity—and good old fashioned ass kicking,” Christie said. Gal Gadot said it’s that type of balance between femininity and power that she hopes to strike in her upcoming role as Wonder Woman in the _Batman v Superman_ film and her standalone movie. “I think the costume really represents the Wonder Woman of today,” she said. The women also spoke about overcoming discrimination in the industry. Christie said when she first graduated from drama school, she had a hard time booking roles that she felt good about. “Ten years ago, the world was a less embracing place. The Internet has made people’s frame of reference so much more diverse,” she said. “I think women want to see themselves represented in a more realistic way.” Gadot said she hadn’t really faced sexism despite spending so much time on male-dominated sets like that for the _Fast & Furious_ film. But she has had to speak up about choices for her character with which she did not agree, and said that’s something she does more now that she has a daughter. “For me, responsibility goes hand in hand with character development, and I was able to communicate the problems I had to the directors—all male directors,” she said. Hayley Atwell, who stars as Peggy Carter in the first _Captain America_ film and the show _Agent Carter,_ put it more bluntly: “I don’t think my character would be naked in this scene. There is no need for that. I’m not doing it to fulfill your weird little fantasy.” The women also spoke about the most challenging physical demands they have had on set. Jenna Coleman of _Doctor Who_ said she has spent a lot of time hanging upside down, “which sounds easy, but it isn’t.” Kathy Bates, who currently stars in _American Horror Story_, spoke about her infamous fight with James Caan in the horror film _Misery_. “The hardest part was getting my head slammed into the floor,” she said. “I didn’t think I would cry at the end but I did.” ## Transcript There's a certain inevitability at every Comic Con. Everyone's going to wear a costume. Yes, everyone. And someone's going to steal the show. Oh, sure. Everyone gets some press, especially when you release a terrifying trailer like AMC's preview of the next season of the Walking Dead. We have to fight it. Because if we don't, we die. They're coming. But at Comic Con 2015, most of the press attention is going to two popular brands for two very different reasons. [ NOISE ] First, you have the show that left a lot of unanswered questions less than a month ago. The biggest of which, is Jon Snow really dead? While the Fire and Ice book series never definitively says Snow is dead. That's a lot of stab wounds and a lot of blood on Game of Thrones. Apparently to goad the cast into a reveal a man in the audience asked what it would be like not to work with actor Kit Harrington and they laughed nervously and didn't really answer the question. That is until director David Nutter told the room about his recent conversation with President Obama. He shook my hand. He looked at me and put his hand here on my shoulder and said you didn't kill John Snow did you? And I didn't know if I'd be sent off to Guantanamo or what the answer would be. But I said, Mr. President John Snow is deader than dead. The other great reveal of the day was the show's audition reel. All my life men like you've sneered at me. And all my life, I've been knocking men like you into the dust. But, as the polar opposite to Game of Thrones, Coy, answers, the true winner of the convention and the early going went big and came from a galaxy far far away. Not only did J. J. Abrams, Abrams allows several small teases on Star Wars 7. He released a behind the scenes trailer instead of a traditional one. It wasn't just a flip of the script. The trailer seemingly aimed at reassuring its rabid fan That the new movie wouldn't be entirely CG dependent, but harken back to the 70s and 80s films that relied heavily on real life cinematography. To think the way that technology has evolved, and yet keeping one foot in the pre- digital world. [ MUSIC ] It couldn't be more exciting. As if that weren't enough, Abrams later announced it was time to leave and marched 6000 spectators half a mile from the convention site and a concert. 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