HBO’s Game of Thrones has given fans a lot of characters whom they love to hate. Lena Headey’s Queen Cersei Lannister is certainly among their number. And yet Cersei has a particular brand of viciousness that can occasionally be very entertaining.
It’s all in Headey’s performance. The voice, the facial expressions, and her body language. Cersei has a regal air, even when she’s going for the figurative juglar of anyone on the receiving end of her disdain. It’s almost as if she has no “shame!”
On last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Headey made a return appearance as a guest on the show. This time, Kimmel asked Headey to read a few of the nastier comments from the female contestants of ABC’s The Bachelor. And after the prerequisite goblet of wine, Headey got into character and reread the insulting lines in Cersei’s signature style. It’s really hilarious!
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“Let’s be honest: who wants to f*** a virgin?” and “I don’t think there’s one girl here who’s competition.” I think I’m way prettier than everyone else” were particularly funny. But it was a legitimately great bit of comedy, and a side of herself that Headey doesn’t often get a chance to show off.
Headey will be back on Game of Thrones for its sixth season on Sunday, April 24. And after the ordeal that Cersei suffered in the fifth season finale, she will probably be looking for vengeance against the High Sparrow and his followers who marched her through the streets of King’s Landing while she was completely naked. Don’t expect any mercy from Cersei for that!
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