SKY Carice van Houten as Melisandre in Game of Thrones

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The 39-year-old Dutch star, who plays the enigmatic sorceress in the HBO fantasy series, has revealed that her character is going to have a bigger part to play this year. In a recent interview Carice said that Mesliandre would be playing a “pivotal role” as she goes through a “transformation” of sorts in the upcoming episodes.

Asked about whether this was a big season for Melisandre, she said: “Yes, I would say so. I would say this is my favourite season so far as far as my character goes. Because we left her at not a really good place. Everything sort of went wrong. “She returns to Castle Black and without telling them anything says it didn’t end well. You can see something is changing in her. She sort of lost her faith a little bit,” Carice told the Wall Street Journal.

Although she has the power to bring people back from the dead, Carice would not be drawn on whether Mesliandre would be resurrecting Jon Snow (Kit Harington) after he was killed at the end of season five. “It’s funny, there’s so much pressure on my character to bring him back because I don’t think I’ve ever brought anyone back from the dead. I understand where it comes from but there’s a lot of pressure for this lady,” she said. Melisandre had quite an eventful season last year: not only did she convince Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane) to sacrifice his daughter Shireen (Kerry Ingram) but she also abandoned him and returned to Castle Black not long before Jon Snow was attacked.

SKY Melisandre returns to Castle Black in season 5

SKY Jon Snow was killed at the end of season 5

It’s funny, there’s so much pressure on my character to bring him back because I don’t think I’ve ever brought anyone back from the dead Carice van Houten

Speaking about the reaction to the death of Shireen, she said: “I’ve never had so many people on Twitter saying like: ‘Die b****, die, die, die.’ "I find it funny because when they talk to me as my character then I can also answer as my character. So I can say: ‘Hold on, if you go on I’ll send a shadow demon after you. I’ll make your life miserable'. “So that’s funny but when it gets personal, it’s not so funny. Twitter’s a really dark place.”

SKY Melisandre had an eventful time in season 5

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