These days, Hannah Waddingham is best known for her role as the sharp-dressed AFC Richmond owner Rebecca Welton on Ted Lasso. However, before she was wearing power suits and heels to run a football club, she was wearing robes as she played Septa Unella on Game of Thrones – who is more commonly known as the woman who says “shame.” Now, the Emmy-winning actress has detailed the importance of her look on the fantasy series, and why she actually loved the fact that her GOT character looked like she’d just “been dug up.”
While speaking about the new season of Ted Lasso on The View, the panelists couldn’t help but also ask Waddingham about her iconic Game of Thrones character. After speaking about the power of seeing a tall powerful woman on screen, the actress also spoke about how great Septa Unella’s look was, even if she looked like she’d just risen from a grave. She said:
