10 Things You Never Knew About Game Of Thrones' Carice Van Houten

9. She Received Death Threats After Shireen Baratheon's Death

Melisandre Game of Thrones
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Poor Carice was the victim of insane online bullying after her character, Melisandre, orchestrated the horrific death of fan-favourite Shireen Baratheon, in the last season of Game of Thrones.

In the scene, Melisandre burns her alive, which shocked a lot of fans of the show... however it's like the saying goes; "Hate the character, not the actor," but many fans seemed to take it personally and attacked the actress online, threatening to kill her if they ever saw her.

 “I had so many people on Twitter telling me ‘F*ck off, b*tch," she said. "I’ve never had so many death wishes in my life. It was so interesting to experience that. I mean, I knew it was coming – I thought, I’m not gonna get any more sympathy after this."

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