By Laura Fox For Mailonline
Published: 00:54 BST, 14 April 2019 | Updated: 01:08 BST, 14 April 2019
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Game Of Thrones star Lena Headey has confessed she has no problem with her character's graphic nude scenes.
The actress, 45, told The Sun she finds filming the scenes drives her to perform better as an actor, adding she found it 'difficult' when she was forced to use a stand-in for a famous Season Five scene.
It came as Lena also admitted that she battled postnatal depression during filming for the first season of the HBO epic, which begins its final season on Sunday.
Open: Game Of Thrones star Lena Headey has confessed she has no problem with her character's graphic nude scenes, as she told The Sun they 'drive' her as an actor
Lena's character Cersei Lannister is no stranger to a naked scene or two, having featured in numerous romantic clinches throughout her seven series' on the show.
But the star said she's never had a problem with filming the graphic scenes, saying: 'I've done nudity. I'm not averse to it.
'I'm a very emotional actor and get really driven by that. To do my job, I allow myself to be really vulnerable. I don't know any other way.'
Hard: The star, 45, admitted she found it 'difficult' using a body double to film
