#Risque moments series

The wedding feast soon descends into a bloodbath with most of Robb's clan also being butchered.Ĭatelyn Stark, played by Michelle Fairley, had to watch as her daughter and unborn grandchild was slaughtered, then her first born son, before her own throat was also slit. However after lulling viewers into a false sense of security Walder betrays his guest as he carries out a gruesome act of vengeance against the King and his clan, including of course his wife (who is not pregnant in the book). In the scene Robb Stark, the King of the North engaged in an age old custom of hospitality with Walder Frey by eating his bread and salt. Martin's A Storm of Swords, which the third of the seven planned books in the Game of Thrones series.

#Risque moments series

However it was when the Red Wedding aired in series three in the episode The Rains of Castamere that many fans were left in a state of confusion and horror.Īt the centre of the episode viewers watched as a grisly end came to the King of the North, his mother and pregnant wife, in what is now being dubbed as the one of the most gruesome scenes in TV history.įurthermore the scene left viewers not only sickened by it's bloody nature but surprised as it has drifted from the George R.R. The HBO show created as many headlines for the controversy it's caused due it's nudity and violence as it has for the amount of acclaim it's received. Meanwhile Theon Greyjoy, played by Alfie Allen, was tortured by Ramsay Bolton on screen and castrated The shocking and graphic scenes, which was not included in the original source material, left many viewers horrified. In a later scene, he even taunts him about what has been done by eating a sausage in front of him. However it was a trick from Ramsay, who instead decided to hang him from a wooden board and castrate him. Two women woke Theon up, and told him they'd heard he was 'well endowed.' Scenes included a group of soldiers pulling his fingernails out, flaying one finger, then cutting it off, as well as shoving a screw through his foot. There, he underwent a series of horrendous torture methods which were uncomfortable for viewers to watch. I've been making feel so bad for writing that scene: 'I can't believe you're doing this to me!' But I secretly loved it.'Įlsewhere in season three, Theon Greyjoy, played by Alfie Allen, was kidnapped and taken to House Bolton's Dreadfort.

The young actress said: 'When I read that scene, I kinda loved it. It was criticized for being gratuitous, played for shock value and serving no narrative purpose.īritish actress Sophie, who has played Sansa Stark since she was 13, also defended the rape scene as the upraor began. The scene, which aired in May 2015, was part of a story arc which did not appear in the novels. She had her dress torn off and was raped by sadist Ramsay Bolton on the night of their marriage.