Game of Thrones does not lack women who kick ass. There's Lena Headey's Cersei Lannister who do everything to protect her family and remain in power. There's Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) who is determined to revenge her family. You can also count in Brienne of Tarth, played by Gwendoline Christie, who fights amongst the toughest men. For Natalie Dormer, her Margaery Tyrell is also one of those characters who promote women power. In Game of Thrones Season 5, she will continue representing the female community, just like Kate Middleton and Princess Diana.
In an interview with the Daily Beast, Dormer compared Margaery Tyrell to the wife of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge when asked if she is basing her character to anyone.
"It was based on the media circus that surrounds Kate Middleton. It's the Princess Diana effect. Whether you're talking about the royal family in our country, or the first lady obsession in this country-Michelle Obama, or Hillary Clinton before her," the Game of Thrones Season 5 star said.
"Because Margaery is very politically savvy and our royal family tries to keep out of politics, it's a hybrid of that statesmanship between the royal family and the first lady."
It is not just Game of Thrones that Dormer thinks give more opportunity to women. Even in her current movie Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I and Interstellar, she thinks women power is becoming more obvious.
"Women are over 50 percent of the population. It's one of the few films that actually represents us. What we're aiming for in the industry is not to go, "Girl power! Wave the flag!" We want to get to a place where the gender is irrelevant, because then it's about the personality, and about the story. What I love about Mockingjay-Part 1 is that President Coin or Cressida could have easily been played by a man, and if you look at Interstellar, the Anne Hathaway or Jessica Chastain roles would have been men years ago. I'm glad that cinema is catching up to what television has known for a while: that three-dimensional, complex women get an audience engaged as much as the men. I'm a feminist in the true sense of the word. It's about equality."
Game of Thrones Season 5 will premier by next year.
