Game of Thrones: You WON’T believe what Cersei star Lena Headey used to look like…
LENA HEADEY looks a million miles away from her Game of Thrones character Cersei Lannister in throwback snaps from 2000 movie Gossip.
GOT’s Lena Headey stars in psychological thriller ‘Gossip’
The English actress, now 43, starred in the psychological thriller alongside The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus, 48, and X-Men favourite James Marsden, 43.
The trio played roommates who work together for a class project on gossip, starting a toxic rumour about their classmate (played by Kate Hudson) being seen having sex with her boyfriend (Joshua Jackson).
Although they merely aim to track how the gossip spreads, things soon take a dark turn.
Lena looks a far cry from her icey Game of Thrones character in the film, swapping her blonde tresses for a tousled head of brunette curls.
As the story gets darker with the development of the lie that the trio have spun, relationships soon get steamy, and one snap from the movie shows Lena getting very cosy with her co-star James as he removes her top.
She also rocks a range of grungey late 90s outfits throughout the movie, including an oversized black coat and plenty of androgynous shirts - a distinctly different look from Cersei's majestic gowns, brocade and glittering crowns.
Meanwhile, Norman looks almost unrecognisable as a fresh-faced 20-something, without his mane of shaggy brown hair and scruffy stubble.
Before he was facing zombie annihilation, the actor donned an adorable knitted scarf and pinstriped coat for his role in Gossip.
It would appear that all three major characters from the film have gone on to find global fame after their appearances, however, despite the questionable fashion choices.
But fans have been speculating that Lena’s time on Game of Thrones may come to an end in the season seven finale.
For weeks now it has been suggested that Queen Cersei may be murdered thanks to the Volanqar theory – which derives from a witch who spoke to Cersei about her future.
In the book, there was a prophecy which read: “And when your tears have drowned you, the Valonqar shall wrap his hands about your pale white throat and choke the life from you.”
In High Valerian language, “Valonqar” translates to “little brother”, suggesting Cersei will die at the hands of either her sibling Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) or her brother-lover Jamie (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau).
And now Reddit user arxe has suggested that perhaps it’s not Cersei's “little brother” but the unborn sibling of her three deceased children - the one that will kill her in childbirth.
Another Reddit user has uncovered a shocking connection between Cersei and King of the North, Jon Snow.
They wrote: “We know that Jon and Cersei will meet at the Dragonpit. For Cersei, Jon not only is Ned's 'bastard' who became King but much more and she doesn't even know.
“When Tywin Lannister was Hand of the King to Mad King Aerys, he wanted his daughter Cersei to be married to Prince Rhaegar but Aerys refused and married Rhaegar to Ellia Martell. Cersei always fancied and wanted to marry Prince Rhaegar.
“She even asked Maggy the witch, ‘Will I marry the Prince?’ Maggy the witch replied, ‘No, you will marry the King’. Now Cersei did marry the King and that King was Robert Baratheon.
“We know that he was to marry Lyanna Stark. He loved her even after her death and never loved Cersei. So Jon is basically the son of the Prince she always wanted to marry and the woman her husband loved till his death.”
Game of Thrones season seven concludes on HBO this Sunday in the US and will be simulcast on Sky Atlantic on Monday at 2am.