And, no, she also doesnt know anything about those internet memes.
But she does laugh at the thought of Olenna Tyrellwearing shades while throwing shade.
Thats the nature of my profession.
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When showrunners David Benioff and D.B.
All she knew was that the scripts were masterfully crafted.
I loved the complexity of Olenna, she recalls.
She was a political woman, and she played the game brilliantly.
The trips to Northern Ireland and Croatia were an added perk.
Locations, for the most part, have always been interesting.
Belfast, also, I didnt really know.
So it was an opportunity to explore these places and get to know them.
Rigg spent a week with her castmates in Croatia to film the Purple Wedding during production on season 4.
I loved that location, it was absolutely beautiful, she says.
I did it in one take, so that was okay.
Diana Rigg beat everybody, she remembers.
I think she even beat David Benioff, and thats saying something.
Shes a legend, Dormer adds.
Respect is shutting up and listening.
Shes one of the earliest feminist figures on our screen.
Shes one of the original 60s feminists.
As Olenna, Rigg never gave veiled threats.
She would say, What veil?
The twist of her words yielded far more snaps fromThroneswatchers than any twist of a knife.
Rigg doesnt miss her role per se.
She chalks it up to the nature of her profession: You move on.
I dont know that Ill miss her, Rigg says of Olenna.
I enjoyed her hugely, and Im very grateful for the new audience that shes brought me….
I was extremely grateful that I didnt die on the lavatory or in some rather undignified manner.
Its in the nature of this series, isnt it, that people are dispensed with quite often?
The fact that Id been kept alive for far longer thanthe original author [George R.R.
The internet memes can attest to that.
