For fans looking for "Game of Thrones" Season 6 spoilers, there is a possibility that the people behind the hit HBO series will tone it down and will do away with rape and violence. Creators may change their approach after the controversies from the previous season.
"Game of Thrones" Season 5 episode 6 titled "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" became controversial because of the scene where Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon) raped Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) on her wedding night witnessed by Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen). The episode was helmed by "Boy Briefs 2" director Jeremy Podeswa.
At a breakfast briefing on Dec. 18 at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney, Australia, Podeswa explained that it was "a difficult and brutal scene" and they knew it was going to be "challenging" for the viewers but it was very important to them to execute it not in an exploitative way.
"To be fair, the criticism was the notion of it, not the execution," The Telegraph quoted Podeswa as saying. "It was handled as sensitively as it could possibly be; you hardly see anything."
The rape scene in "Game of Thrones" Season 5 episode 6 titled "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" is not in George RR Martin's books. It became so controversial that it was even discussed in the United States senate.
Because of the negative feedback "Game of Thrones" Season 5 episode 6 titled "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" got from critics and viewers, the creators of the HBO series, Dan Weiss and David Benioff have changed their approach for the upcoming season, according to Podeswa.
There is no new book from Martin to guide fans as to what to expect in "Game of Thrones" Season 6, which is set to premiere in April 2016, so it is not easy to conclude how Weiss and Benioff changed their approach. However, fans are worried that Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) is also set to be sexually assaulted in the upcoming season based on a leaked script, Vanity Fair has learned.
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