It takes a lot of guts to star in Game of Thrones. The fantasy epic is notorious for its nudity, its gratuitous sex scenes and its merciless character deaths and these things seem to appear as an important part of the series' auditions.
Game of Thrones' Yara, Gemma Whelan, reveals the awkward sex scene that had helped her land the part of Theon Greyjoy's (Alfie Allen) sister in an interview on The Graham Norton Show last week saying that the NSFW introduction of the character had been used during her auditions.
Remember the scene where Theon heads back to the Iron Islands and has his hands wandering all over Yara? Sitting next to Hollywood legend Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine, Whelan describes the audition in full detail on the series. Check out the interview below:
Having to simulate an embarrassing sex act in front of an unimpressed casting director and cameraman sounds especially terrible, but it seems like the audition went really well because here we are now with Whelan as the gutsy Ironborn leader.
Yara is set to return in Game of Thrones season 7 which premieres on July 16, 2017.
Read: Game Of Thrones Characters Get New Looks For Season 7
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