'Game of Thrones' Season 6 Spoilers: Showrunners to Tone Down 'Violent' Scenes?
Some fans have expressed their feelings about the violent scene that involved Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) and newly married husband, Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon), in season 5. "Game of Thrones" received a massive backlash about it, and it seems like the people behind the show are now listening to what their fans are saying and will now tone done violent scenes in the upcoming season.
According to Vanity Fair, some fans cried foul about the episode where it showed Ramsay forcing himself on Sansa, but luckily, the show's creators, Dan Weiss and David Benioff, decided to change their approach in filming the new season, as told by the director, Jeremy Podeswa.
Podeswa admitted that the "brutal scene" was difficult, but it has to be done. "We knew it was going to be challenging for the audience. But it was very important to us in the execution that it would not be exploited in any way. To be fair, the criticism was the notion of it, not the execution. It was handled as sensitively as it could possibly be; you hardly see anything," he shares.
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After hearing that people have been talking about the said scene, even those in Congress, the director said that everyone behind "Game of Thrones" is "listening." Some fans worry that the same thing will happen since there is another rumor that a different female character will experience what Sansa had on her wedding night.
Vanity Fair said that fans have dissected the script (now deleted), which was leaked by actor Elie Haddad, and it said that Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) might be held captive by the Dothraki. The words from the script appear to be leading in a violent scene, saying, "I like her," "She's paler than milk," and "I bet she turns nice and pink when you pinch her." But if the directors and the producers are really now "open for discussion," then fans have nothing to worry about once "Game of Thrones" returns in April next year.
