--- title: Game of Thrones' Lena Headey Talks Not Getting Naked description: After the season five finale of Game of Thrones aired, Lena Headey made headlines when it was revealed that she used a nude body double. canonical: https://time.com/4297937/game-of-thrones-lena-headey-not-getting-naked/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-18T18:20:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:39.467Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Game of Thrones' Lena Headey Speaks Out About Not Getting Naked og:description: "Some people thought I was less of an actress" og:url: https://time.com/4297937/game-of-thrones-lena-headey-not-getting-naked/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt993645317828abd6/69888f86bc6cfc06283dc9f0/lena-headey-got.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Premiere Of HBO's "Game Of Thrones" Season 6 - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Game of Thrones' Lena Headey Speaks Out About Not Getting Naked twitter:description: "Some people thought I was less of an actress" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt993645317828abd6/69888f86bc6cfc06283dc9f0/lena-headey-got.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lena Headey Explains Why She Didn't Get Naked for _Game of Thrones_ Scene > Sponsored content. 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Actress Lena Headey arrives at the premiere of HBO's 'Game Of Thrones' Season 6 at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 10, 2016 in Hollywood, California.Gregg DeGuire/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 18, 2016 6:20 PM UTC After the season five finale of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4271544/game-of-thrones-unanswered-questions-season-6/)aired last June, [Lena Headey](http://time.com/4270508/women-game-of-thrones-daenerys-arya-sansa/?iid=sr-link1) made headlines when it was revealed that she used a nude body double while filming [Cersei Lannister’s harrowing walk of shame](http://time.com/3920932/game-of-thrones-finale-recap-cersei-walk-of-shame/?iid=sr-link2) through the streets of King’s Landing. Now, she’s firing back at those who criticized her for not getting naked. During a recent [interview with _Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/18/game-thrones-lena-headey), the 42-year-old actress explained that she didn’t expect there to be so much outrage. “Some people thought I was less of an actress…It was really a bit shocking,” she said. “I’ve done nudity. I’m not adverse to it. But I know I’m a very emotional actor and I get really driven by that. In order to do my job, I allow myself to be really vulnerable. I don’t know any other way to do my job. Things really affect me. And the thought of being naked for three days and trying to contain her in the way she would be I think I would feel very angry. I didn’t want to be angry. I don’t think Cersei would be angry. I did what I thought she would do, emotionally.” She also praised Rebecca Van Cleave, the actress who stood in for her during the scene “Wonderful Rebecca was able to contain herself and be naked,” she said. “She found it very difficult, obviously. It’s not a natural thing to do…It’s a tough f–king job and she’s very smart.” **Read More:** [_Game of Thrones_ Nude Body Double Describes Walk of Shame](http://time.com/3927614/game-of-thrones-body-double/) Headey then addressed the rumors that her decision to opt out of the scene came from a place of vanity. “People \[assume\] I picked Rebecca. Like I was in the casting and picked a hot body. Like I demanded to have a hot body,” she said. “In reality, I said, ‘If somebody will do this, I’ll have no choice about it. Whatever you decide.’ I had no judgment in that or desire to be involved. I just want to clear that up. Because as a woman, that drives me mad; the thought I’m like, ‘Nope! Nope!’ \[and dismissing nude women\] in a room. I genuinely wouldn’t. Because none of it is about vanity for me — _none_ of it — otherwise I couldn’t do it. It would be a hindrance.” [Read more from _EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/18/game-thrones-lena-headey) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4297937/game-of-thrones-lena-headey-not-getting-naked/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4297937/game-of-thrones-lena-headey-not-getting-naked/"},"headline":"Lena Headey Explains Why She Didn't Get Naked for Game of Thrones Scene","datePublished":"2016-04-18T18:20:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:39.467Z","description":"\"Some people thought I was less of an actress\"","url":"https://time.com/4297937/game-of-thrones-lena-headey-not-getting-naked/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","Body Image","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt993645317828abd6/69888f86bc6cfc06283dc9f0/lena-headey-got.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt993645317828abd6/69888f86bc6cfc06283dc9f0/lena-headey-got.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of HBO's \"Game Of Thrones\" Season 6 - Arrivals","caption":"Actress Lena Headey arrives at the premiere of HBO's 'Game Of Thrones' Season 6 at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 10, 2016 in Hollywood, California.","creditText":"Gregg DeGuire/WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4297937/game-of-thrones-lena-headey-not-getting-naked/","name":"Lena Headey Explains Why She Didn't Get Naked for Game of Thrones Scene"}}]}] ```