Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Lily Allen's incestuous Game of Thrones cameo claim 'not true', says brother Alfie

The singer said she had turned down the opportunity to play Yara Greyjoy

Jess Denham
Thursday 05 June 2014 09:05 BST
Comments
Real life siblings Lily and Alfie Allen in 2008
Real life siblings Lily and Alfie Allen in 2008 (Rex)

Your support helps us to tell the story

This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting. Your support allows us to keep sending journalists to the story.

The Independent is trusted by 27 million Americans from across the entire political spectrum every month. Unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock you out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. But quality journalism must still be paid for.

Help us keep bring these critical stories to light. Your support makes all the difference.

Lily Allen was not offered an ‘incestuous’ cameo role in Game of Thrones, her actor brother Alfie Allen has said.

Last month the pop star revealed that she had turned down the opportunity to play Yara, the on-screen sister of Alfie’s character Theon Greyjoy.

But she was put off by the scene, she claimed, because she would have “had to go on a horse and (Alfie) would have touched me up and s***t”.

In season two’s “The Night Remembers” Theon meets a woman from his past whom he fondles while horse-riding, only to discover afterwards that she is his sister.

“Once they told me what was entailed I said no thanks,” Lily said during her ‘Ask Me Anything’ session on Reddit.

Now Alfie has called the “Not Fair” singer out, telling Vulture that her claims are “not true”.

“Gemma Whelan was always their first choice for the part,” he said. “She’s fantastic. That’s the only thing I’m going to say about that.”

Sibling rivalry was sparked between the two in 2006 when Lily released a song called “Alfie” criticising her young brother for his lazy behaviour and lack of a job.

Now that Alfie has turned his life around, Lily would be "open to doing a musical cameo, like Sigur Ros" on the hit HBO TV series.

The Icelandic band covered The National's "The Rains of Castamere" when they starred as wedding musicians singing for King Joffrey in "The Lion and the Rose" in April.

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in