For Sibel Kekilli, the actress who plays Shae, the hardest part of the trial scene was actually when Shae named Sansa Stark as part of the fake plot as well. Kekilli argued with creators Benioff&Weiss to take out that line, but they refused.
Alik Sakharov also tells THR Tyrion's trial allowed Peter Dinklage to show off his "remarkable" atuação chops: "He understands where he needs to go and how he needs to get there."
