--- title: Game of Thrones Star Lena Headey on Finale Cersei Walk of Shame description: Warning: Major spoilers ahead for the fifth season finale of Game of Thrones canonical: https://time.com/3920932/game-of-thrones-finale-recap-cersei-walk-of-shame/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-15T10:37:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:03:03.864Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'Game of Thrones' Star on Her Walk of Shame: 'I Don't Think Anyone Deserves That' og:description: Spoiler alert og:url: https://time.com/3920932/game-of-thrones-finale-recap-cersei-walk-of-shame/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt794fcc82038f9d31/69877841f887dc6411e89574/cersei-got.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: cersei-got og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Game of Thrones' Star on Her Walk of Shame: 'I Don't Think Anyone Deserves That' twitter:description: Spoiler alert twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt794fcc82038f9d31/69877841f887dc6411e89574/cersei-got.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Game of Thrones_ Star on Her Walk of Shame: 'I Don't Think Anyone Deserves That' by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 15, 2015 10:37 AM CUT  Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister in Game of ThronesHBO by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 15, 2015 10:37 AM CUT One of the last scenes of Sunday night’s [bloody _Game of Thrones_ season finale](http://time.com/3920690/game-of-thrones-recap-mothers-mercy-season-5-episode-10/ "undefined") features Cersei Lannister, played by Lena Headey, finally set free by the the High Sparrow—but not before a humiliating, naked walk of shame through the streets of King’s Landing. Cersei may be one of the least redeeming characters on the hit HBO show, [but Headey says even she doesn’t deserve this.](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/14/game-thrones-walk-shame "undefined") “It’s not hard when people are screaming at you and you look like shit and you’re being f–king humiliated to figure out how that would feel,” Headey told Entertainment Weekly of filming the scene. “There’s a part of you that’s f–king terrified. I can’t even imagine people wanting your blood. Cersei has done wrong, but she doesn’t really deserve this.” [Read more at Entertainment Weekly](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/14/game-thrones-walk-shame "undefined") ### See The Real-Life People Who Inspired Game of Thrones Characters  From left: Cersei and Margaret of Anjou HBO; Getty Images  From Left: Khaleesi and Queen Elizabeth I. HBO; Getty Images  From Left: Melisandre and Bloody Mary Helen Sloan—HBO; Getty Images  From left: Talisa Stark and Anne Boleyn. Helen Sloan—HBO; Getty Images  From left: Brienne of Tarth and Joan of Arc. HBO; DeAgostini—Getty Images  From left: Henry VIII and Robert Baratheon. HBO; Getty Images  From left: Joffrey and Caligula. 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