"Game of Thrones" is known for a lot of controversial scenes. Season 5 episode 6 sparked even more controversy when it depicted Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) being raped by her new husband Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon) while Theon Greyjoy/ Reek (Alfie Allen) is forced to watch, helpless to help her and set her free.
Fans of the books were just as shocked because the scene never happened in "A Song of Ice and Fire." In the source material, Ramsay marries Jeyne Poole, a girl that Roose Bolton forces to pose as Arya Stark.
Actress Sophie Turner addressed the controversy in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. She first explained how the showrunners gave her hints at what she should expect of her character in season 5 and how she learned that Sansa would be married off to Ramsay instead of a heroic knight that would protect her and help reclaim Winterfell.
When asked about the controversial scene, Turner stated, "When I read that scene, I kinda loved it. I love the way Ramsay had Theon watching. It was all so messed up. It's also so daunting for me to do it. I've been making producer Bryan Cogman feel so bad for writing that scene: 'I can't believe you're doing this to me!' But I secretly loved it."
She has no qualms about the direction they are going with Sansa Stark and neither does author George R. R. Martin, who wrote the books the TV series is based on. The novelist also wrote at least one episode per season except for season 5 and 6 in order to focus on "The Winds of Winter," the sixth book in the saga.
On his personal blog, Not a Blog, Martin stated that the events that played out in the series were inevitable even though they weren't directly extracted from his books. Martin explained that the seeds for differences between the TV addaptation and the books started even from the first episode of the first season.
"Small changes lead to larger changes lead to huge changes," Martin wrote. "David and Dan and Bryan and HBO are trying to make the best television series that they can. And over here I am trying to write the best novels that I can."
