In defence of Cersei Lannister, Game of Thrones' most misunderstood and greatest character via nparts
She lies, cheats, murders, manipulates and seduces her way to the throne — all with a goblet of wine in hand and a smirk on her face. A far cry from the sadistic, absolute evils of Ramsay Bolton or the Night King, her villainy is multi-dimensional, fuelled by a thirst for power, a tragic past and a strong love of her children. Cersei Lannister is the greatest and least understood character on Game of Thrones.
In Season 2, while chatting with Sansa, she laments, “Jaime was taught to fight, with sword and lance and mace. And I was taught to smile and sing and please. He was heir to Casterly Rock and I was sold to some stranger like a horse to be ridden whenever he desired.” That stranger is Robert Baratheon, who physically and sexually abused her, even calling her by the name of his former lover, Lyanna Stark, in bed on their wedding night.
Lena Headey, who plays Cersei with a masterful nuance, said in an interview with Mashable, “I don’t play her as a villain. I just play a woman who is a survivor and will do exactly what a man would do — which is, you know, murder somebody when you’re in a war.” Later, she added to Time, “I’ve always really fought for her, especially early on, because she had seemed just to be a self-serving manipulator.
Reigning as she may be at the start of Season 8, Cersei will no doubt lose her crown just as she loses her children. When Sansa is engaged to be married to Joffrey in the second season, Cersei warns her it will not be easy, laying down her own ethos in the process: “The more people you love, the weaker you are. You’ll do things for them that you know you shouldn’t do. You’ll act the fool to make them happy, to keep them safe. Love no one but your children.
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