Coster-Waldau agrees. “It’s a great scene,” he says. “I was thrilled [when I read it] because first of all, what happens in the episode, it’s such a great surprise that suddenly they go there and the Lannisters actually were smarter than Tyrion, which was really cool. And then it’s just a great scene. It was truly an honor to be there because she’s given so much to the show with the character, just amazing. And of course both on and off set, she’s wonderful and she’s so smart and so clever and she’s just a brilliant actress. I was very lucky to be there.”
Rigg says there wasn’t any time for mourning on set or for an official farewell after she wrapped her scene, but that she wouldn’t have it any other way.
“No sooner as I die then it was on to the next scene!” she says with a laugh. “It’s pretty pell‑mell on the set. They have a huge schedule and they have to get a move on.”
She adds that what she’ll miss most about playing Lady Tyrell are the well-written “combative” scenes she played with her fellow actors.
“Mostly what you remember and enjoy are the scenes you played with people, you know,” says Rigg. “And quite often they’re combative scenes. The scenes with Charles Dance [Tywin Lannister] and Lena Headey [Cersei].”
This article originally appeared on PEOPLE
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