The 'Game of Thrones' Costume Designer Snuck a Surprise Nugget into the Season Finale
There's more to Cersei's crown than meets the eye.
Last weekend's crazy Game of Thrones season finale saw a new victor take the Iron Throne—and as costume designer Michele Clapton recently told Vulture, there was more to Cersei Lannister's crown than meets the eye.
"I chose to make it in silver with just wisps of gold to try to show her isolation, her mental disentangling from her family," she said. "There is no reference to [her late husband, Robert] Baratheon; there is no need anymore. She doesn't have to try and prove a link. The center of the crown is the lion sigil abstracted—its mane represents the Iron Throne, her desire. She has made it her own—she is reborn."
Clapton had previously stated that when Cersei wears more jewelry, it's a sign that she's feeling less confident. This is in stark contrast with her final look, which is essentially barren of any jewelry at all aside from her crown.
"She is dead inside," the designer continued. "There can now be a clarity to her desire: power, the throne, on her terms."
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