I don't understand this obsession to show everything on-screen. The scene as it exists, definitely implies enough to let the mind wander into those horrible places, and I'd argue that not showing...
She did manage to clarify that the scene was originally planned to be even more horrific than what we ended up seeing on screen, as it was supposed to end with undead knight the Mountain (Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson) raping Unella, continuing Game of Thrones’ lurid obsession with showing women get sexually assaulted.
I don't understand this obsession to show everything on-screen. The scene as it exists, definitely implies enough to let the mind wander into those horrible places, and I'd argue that not showing things is one of the first lessons in invoking horror. There is a reason that Alien remains an effective horror film, even after all those years, with it's special effects aging, and it's because the leaving the viewer in the dark, leaving it up to their imagination is the best way to scare them.
You could've also done the scene separetely, close-up of Lena Headey pouring without both of them in the frame, make greater preparations, do a single-take or very few takes... There are ways around this without torturing people, I mean we did it with animals, right?
People who don't think this is a big deal should try it. It's a very simple thing - you lie on the floor; someone pours water onto your face. Immediately a fierce protective reaction happens and...
People who don't think this is a big deal should try it. It's a very simple thing - you lie on the floor; someone pours water onto your face. Immediately a fierce protective reaction happens and you need to escape the water. It's horrible.
I don't understand this obsession to show everything on-screen. The scene as it exists, definitely implies enough to let the mind wander into those horrible places, and I'd argue that not showing things is one of the first lessons in invoking horror. There is a reason that Alien remains an effective horror film, even after all those years, with it's special effects aging, and it's because the leaving the viewer in the dark, leaving it up to their imagination is the best way to scare them.
You could've also done the scene separetely, close-up of Lena Headey pouring without both of them in the frame, make greater preparations, do a single-take or very few takes... There are ways around this without torturing people, I mean we did it with animals, right?
People who don't think this is a big deal should try it. It's a very simple thing - you lie on the floor; someone pours water onto your face. Immediately a fierce protective reaction happens and you need to escape the water. It's horrible.