Hannah Waddingham in Cannes earlier this week

Hannah Waddingham has revealed that her most infamous Game Of Thrones scene played out in real life in a slightly less dramatic fashion than it did on screen.

The Emmy winner played Septa Unella in the fifth season of the hit fantasy drama, a character who is perhaps better known to viewers as the “shame nun”.

Septa Unella’s most iconic scene saw her walking Lena Headey’s character Cersei Lannister through a naked walk of atonement through Westeros, while sounding a bell and repeating the word “shame”.

Hannah Waddingham as Septa Unella in season five of Game Of Thrones

On Friday morning, the British star paid a visit to Greg James’ Radio 1 show for a game of “unpopular opinion”, where he presented Hannah with a brand new shame bell to use as she saw fit.

And she........

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