She was approached to play the role of "Cersei Lannister" in Game of Thrones (2009), but refused, due to schedule conflicts with Intruders (2011), and the role went to Lena Headey. In Season 2, she was cast as "Melisandre".
I don't do method acting. If I play a farmer I'm not gonna spend 3
weeks on a chicken farm. That's a bit too much for me. For Minoes (in
which she played a cat in a woman's body) I didn't spend 3 weeks in a
cat pound.
