More than 1,000 viewers signeda petitionhoping to stop the writers before they could film the scene.
And as payback, he decided to attack Mary while another guard held her down.
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But it really felt like it should be something that should haunt his rule as well.
And that’s Mary.
Could anything be more painful than to have to do something like that hours after you’ve been assaulted?
When this plot leaked a couple months ago, there was a lot of discussion about it onTwitter.
Someone even started a small petition.
Did that at all affect how you all handled this?
No, because we were always going to be incredibly careful about it.
It didn’t change anything.
It made me upset that a storyline was leaked out of context.
It didn’t surprise me or concern me that people said, “hey don’t do this.”
It wouldreallyconcern me if they said, “c’mon do.”
Really, what are people going to say about a character that they love?
I love her too.
I do, I love her too!
What do you say to them about why you chose to do it this way?
There are always other stories to tell and always other ways to go and we chose to tellthis story.
That’s the truth of it, and I’m sure we’ll tell those other ways moving forward.
My response to that is, “Why is it okay for some other female character?”
The waters get very muddy for me there.
I think that the underlying question there is: Does something like this ruin a person?
And I find that question really galling because I feel like, why should it ruin a person?
It should ruin the person who did it.
What were the discussions around how you wanted to filmthe scene?
I think we wanted to film it in a way that made it clear that this was happening.
My other concern was that it was really portrayed as an act of violence.
Moving forward, how will this change things for Mary and for the show in general?
It becomes a turning point for Mary.
Anything else you want to add?
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