Jessica Chastain calls out Game of Thrones: Rape is not a tool to make a character stronger

Game of Thrones Season 8 has been on a controversial route from the past few weeks. Whether it be the lighting issue during the Battle of Winterfell or even the Starbucks coffee cup gaffe during the dinner celebration. Fans have been letting the makers know about their dissatisfaction with a lot of things that are taking shape in the final season of the iconic show. However, there is one more controversial scene which has got a Hollywood celeb speaking out on Twitter.

During the dinner celebration in episode 4, Sansa Stark is seen having a candid chat with Sandor Clegane, who tells the former that if she would have run away with him, she would not have had to suffer at the hands of Ramsay Bolton and Petyr Belish aka Littlefinger. "Without Littlefinger and Ramsay and the rest, I would’ve stayed a little bird all my life," Sansa says proudly. Having an issue with this paticular line, Jessica Chastain, Sophie Turner's X-Men: Dark Phoenix co-star, let her displeasure be known via a tweet.

Jessica tweeted, "Rape is not a tool to make a character stronger. A woman doesn’t need to be victimized in order to become a butterfly. The #littlebird was always a Phoenix. Her prevailing strength is solely because of her. And her alone. #GameOfThrones."

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Game of Thrones makers were earlier slammed for the inclusion of a rape scene between Ramsay Bolton and Sansa Stark in season 6, which is not a part of George R.R. Martin's books.