At the time, the brutal scene was met with immense backlash, especially since the scene isn't a scenario in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, which the series is based on. In George R.R. Martin's A Dance With Dragons, Ramsay's bride is played by a different character who is not in the show, and he forces Theon to sexually interact with his bride.

Sophie Turner says "Game of Thrones" was "actually doing a lot of justice to women" despite generating constant backlash.

Yet in a new interview with Flaunt Magazine, Turner revealed that the pressures of public attention could weigh deeply on a younger actor's psyche, something she hopes the younger stars of HBO's upcoming Harry Potter reboot avoid in the years to come.