Diana Rigg Once Hilariously Stormed Off The Game Of Thrones Set
died last week after being diagnosed with cancer in March – played Olenna Tyrell aka the Queen of Thorns in the hit fantasy show.And her whip-smart attitude didn’t stop when the camera ceased rolling, journalist James Hibberd wrote in his upcoming Game Of Thrones oral history, Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon.The spirited Diana “terrified” the directors on set, choosing to do things her own way rather than take suggestions, and she once even succeeded in shortening her on-screen duties, James wrote in a new Entertainment Weekly story.The anecdote came from season six in a scene in which Olenna Tyrell told the Sand Snakes to “shut up” and “let the grown women speak.”Jessica Henwick, who played Nymeria Sand, recalled that Diana walked on set and