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Game of Thrones: Lena Headey's nude Walk of Shame body double speaks out

How The Walk of Shame was made: Actress breaks silence on their brave 3-day performance

BIOGRAPHY OF REBECCA VAN CLEAVE

BY JAMES HIBBERD 

The body double who performed Game of Thrones’ Walk of Shame nude for three days is breaking her silence on enacting the stunning sequence. 

Actress Rebecca Van Cleave (photo below) worked closely with star Lena Headey on the gripping penance walk in Sunday’s season 5 finale. While filming the Walk in Dubrovnik last October, Van Cleave performed nude while Headey wore a simple beige shift. The show’s visual effects team then merged the performances together—combining Headey’s progression of facial emotions during Cersei’s punishing hike to the Red Keep and Van Cleave’s physical movement echoing Headey’s body language in order to create the seamless illusion that Headey was completely bare for the sequence.

'Game of Thrones' nude body double Rebecca Van Cleave defends Lena Headey

BIOGRAPHY OF REBECCA VAN CLEAVE

By Terri Schwartz
Jun 18th, 2015

When "Game of Thrones" viewers watched Cersei Lannister's Walk of Shame, they were actually seeing Rebecca Van Cleave's naked body. But she argues that doesn't take away from Lena Headey's performance.

"I personally don't agree with anybody who says having a body double detracts from the scene," the 27-year-old tells Entertainment Weekly. "Lena put her heart and soul into that scene. It should all be about the finished product, not about whose body was where and and whose head was where."