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'Game of Thrones' star Lena Headey 'wanted a better death' for Cersei

Turns out you weren't the only one disappointed by how Cersei Lannister met her demise in the penultimate episode of "Game of Thrones."

Weeks after bidding the wickedest woman in Westeros an emotional farewell on Instagram, actress Lena Headey told the U.K.'s newspaper The Guardian she has a few of her "own gripes" she hopes to one day share with executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss over a drink. Chief among them: “I will say I wanted a better death.”

First, let's rewind how her death scene went down: Fans angry that her twin brother/lover Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) had dumped Brienne (Gwendoline Christie) to return to Cersei had been holding out hope that maybe – just maybe – he was going back to King's Landing to choke the life out of her. To the fandom's chagrin, he went to comfort her.

At the suggestion of brother Tyrion (Peter Dinklage), Jaime led Cersei through the bowels of the Red Keep with hopes of escaping to a waiting boat and a new life across the Narrow Sea. But all the exits were blocked by rubble from the aerial bombardment being carried as dragon queen Daenerys Targaryen rained down hellfire from above. Ultimately, the two were killed by ... a pile of bricks.

Lena Headey says she "wanted a better death" for Cersei Lannister than being buried under a (small) pile of bricks.

“Obviously you dream of your death,” Headey told the newspaper of her underwhelming death scene. “You could go in any way on that show. So I was kind of gutted. But I just think they couldn’t have pleased everyone. No matter what they did, I think there was going to be some big comedown from the climb.”

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Headey also revealed that though the show is done, the cast's group stays in touch.

“We’re all on a giant WhatsApp group, which is a daily pile-on,” she told The Guardian. “It’s hilarious. You can tell who’s been drinking on that one.”

Speaking of her co-stars, Headey's newest project, the indie immigration drama "The Flood," reunites her with one with whom she never personally interacted  on "Thrones": Iain Glen, who played Ser Jorah Mormont. And this time, he plays the jerk.

So even though you may not be able to get in on that "Thrones" cast group text, at least you can enjoy two of them sharing the screen together once again.

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