--- title: Cersei Had a Miscarriage in Deleted Game of Thrones Scene description: Lena Headey is speaking out about a "traumatic, great moment" for Cersei that was scraped from Game of Thrones' seventh season. canonical: https://time.com/5610048/game-of-thrones-cersei-miscarriage/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-06-19T16:19:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:59:15.965Z og:title: This Deleted Game of Thrones Scene Could've Changed Cersei's Story og:description: According to Lena Headey, that is og:url: https://time.com/5610048/game-of-thrones-cersei-miscarriage/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt021834f3d3512f58/698949a1db298736202624a0/game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-5-cersei-lannister.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3150 og:image:height: 1772 og:image:alt: game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-5-cersei-lannister og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Deleted Game of Thrones Scene Could've Changed Cersei's Story twitter:description: According to Lena Headey, that is twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt021834f3d3512f58/698949a1db298736202624a0/game-of-thrones-season-8-episode-5-cersei-lannister.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lena Headey on How a Deleted _Game of Thrones_ Scene Could've Changed Cersei's Story > Sponsored content. 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Helen Sloan/HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 19, 2019 4:19 PM UTC **Warning:** This post contains spoilers about [_Game of Thrones_](https://time.com/5517025/game-of-thrones-binge-watch-recaps/). In the wake of revealing that she was [“gutted”](https://time.com/5608346/game-of-thrones-lena-headey-cersei-death/) by the way that [Cersei died](https://time.com/5586743/game-of-thrones-cersei-jamie-death/) in _Game of Thrones_‘ [penultimate episode](https://time.com/4371969/game-of-thrones-penultimate-episodes/), Lena Headey is also speaking out about a “traumatic, great moment” for Cersei that was scraped from the show’s seventh season. During a recent appearance at Munich Comic-Con in Germany, Headey explained that the _Thrones_ writers originally intended for Cersei to have a miscarriage after she became pregnant with her brother Jaime’s child in season 7. “We shot a scene that never made it into season 7, which was where I lose the baby,” she said. “And it was a really traumatic, great moment for Cersei, and it never made it in.” > [](https://twitter.com/bb%5Fcersei/status/1139909967803113472) By the sound of it, the scene could’ve provided the jolt of emotional impact that some fans felt was missing from Cersei’s ending. “I kind of loved doing that because I thought it would’ve served her differently,” Headey explained. However, outside of Headey’s speculation, it’s hard to know just how much the miscarriage would’ve affected Cersei’s season 8 storyline. 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