Lena Headey is plotting Cersei's death just like everyone in Westeros

All men must die, so you might as well choose your own adventure.
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Plenty of Cersei's enemies have ideas about how the queen should die, and Lena Heady is down to help them out.

Headey and some of her Game of Thrones co-stars discussed their predictions for their characters' fates with Entertainment Weekly, and Heady is fully prepared for a dramatic on-screen death and has a couple ideas for who should do the honors.

Heady hopes Cersei is treated to “great death by Arya,” or her estranged sibling Tyrion. “No one would relish her death as much as he would,” she explained. 


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As for Maisie Williams, she doesn't specifically mention taking Cersei's life, but her vision of Arya's future could certainly include some assassinations and she wants Arya to fly solo like the Hound. 

“I don’t really want her to reunite with her family because I don’t think that they’re the same people anymore or that she’s the same person anymore. I think she’s better off on her own. I’d love for her to be alive, actually, and be her own boss.”

Liam Cunningham, who plays Davos Seaworth, imagines a very off-brand Game of Thrones death for the reformed smuggler.  

“I don’t want a knife in the back,” Cunningham said. “I don’t him blown up with wildfire. I don’t want to be poisoned. I think perhaps he would open a little flower shop somewhere, some begonias, tulips, and settle down with a lot of attractive women from Dorne, with lots of Dornish wine.”

All men must die, sure, but occasionally swords and poison don't need to be involved -- even in Westeros. 

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Tricia Gilbride was a Reporter for Mashable Watercooler. Tricia focused on the intersection of celebrity culture and the Internet. Previously, she worked as a fashion writer and a social media manager. She also edits Women-Artists.org, a blog and annual print publication, and looks exactly like her cat.

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