Carice van Houten’s Almost Audition
Carice van Houten is known to “Game of Thrones” fans as the mysterious Red Woman, Melisandre, who gave us insane moments like the birthing of a shadow baby to assassinate Renly, the leeching of Gendry, and her shocking reveal as a woman much older than she appears, but her contribution to the show could have been quite different. Van Houten has revealed that she was first asked to audition for the part of Cersei before producers cast Lena Headey.