WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Game of Thrones episode five, season eight.
Lena Headey, 45, has played a big part starring as Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones since it first launched back in 2011.
But the conniving Queen, who fans love to hate, met her demise at the end of episode five, season eight, in the arms of her lover and brother Jaime Lannister (played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau).
Jaime had rushed to the Red Keep to be reunited with his sibling, who was in tears at facing the prospect of dying as Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) torched and destroyed King’s Landing.
I wanted her to have some big piece or fight with somebody
Lena Headey
Clutching each other, the pair took their last breath as the Red Keep collapsed on top of them.
Following the tense episode, titled The Bells, Lena admitted her reaction to Cersei’s ending in Game of Thrones was “mixed”.
“I wanted her to have some big piece or fight with somebody,” she told Entertainment Weekly.
But the British actress said after she talked over the scene with co-star Nikolaj, she came round to the idea.
Lena said: “The more we talked about it the more it seemed like the perfect end for her.
“They came into the world together and now they leave together.”
Lena Headey wasn't completely happy with
