Known as the mad Queen Cersei in “Game of Thrones,” Lena Headey is actually gentle, compassionate and quite the admirer of fellow Brit actress Emily Blunt.
In a short Instagram video with the caption, “‘Quiet Place’ review from a nerd,” Headey described being astonished by the film, directed by Blunt’s husband, John Krasinski.
“I saw ‘A Quiet Place’ last night. What an extraordinary film that was,” said the actress, 44, in a self- filmed video. “It really moved me. I cried a lot… It was incredibly beautiful, about family, grief and [the] choices you make that affect everybody. It made me jump! But the performances were just wonderful.”
She added emphatically, “Emily, I don’t know you, I admire you, hugely—and, as a mom, you just broke me.”
Further proof that Headey is no real-life villainess? She works with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), a group that, according to its Instagram page, responds to the world’s “worst humanitarian crises and [helps] people to survive, recover and gain control of their future.”
As a voice championing asylum-seeking refugees, the actress said in an IRC video on her page, “It all seems very simple to me. In my observation, we reciprocate bravery with bravery, and open minds and hearts.”
“Game of Thrones’” final season will not be aired this year, but will be back with the last six episodes in 2019. —OLIVER PULUMBARIT