Olenna met her fate when Lannister forces seized the Tyrell home of Highgarden.
Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) mercifully gave Olenna a painless poison, which she drank without hesitation.
“Dames don’t audition for you,youaudition forthem.
And we loved her.
She was funny, she was bawdy, she was everything we wanted for that character.
We’ve been very lucky to write for these legendary actors like Diana Rigg.
She really brought it.”
She’s probably the only character to win her own death scene."
Coster-Waldau, likewise, praised Rigg’s performance in the episode.
“And I just love how she goes out.
She goes out with bite.
She’s never going to beg.
She did an amazing job.
It was fun to be there and when we wrapped the showrunners came around and said a few words.
She’s had a huge impact on the series.”
And what did Coster-Waldau think about his character murdering Rigg’s grandmotherly fan favorite?
“He’stryingto be nice about it,” he says.
“But he’s still killing her, man.
She’s an old lady, but she has to go!”"
She’ll be eligible forGoTone more time for next year’s ceremony.
