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Hannah Waddingham Says 'Game of Thrones' Waterboarding Scene Gave Her 'Chronic Claustrophobia'

The Emmy-winning 'Ted Lasso' star got candid about her role on the HBO drama in a recent interview.

The actress recently sat down for an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where she opened up about playing Septa Unella on seasons 5 and 6 of Game of Thrones, a role in which she was nearly unrecognizable as the devoted follower of the villainous High Sparrow (Jonathan Pryce). It took many fans a bit of time to connect her bright and powerful Ted Lasso role as soccer team owner Rebecca Welton to the cloaked and dour Septa who tormented a captive Cersei ( Lena Headey) in the later seasons of the fantasy drama. But in reality, for Waddingham, the torturous moment was genuinely traumatic, as she was legitimately tied down to a wooden board as Headey's character poured wine over her face, demanding she confess her own sins.

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