Game of Thrones star Nathalie Emmanuel has hit back against the season 8 backlash and the subsequent petition to get the whole season remade.

The show's final season proved very divisive when it recently aired, and just this week HBO responded to the controversial petition saying that reshooting the season was "not something we seriously considered".

Now the Missandei actress has weighed-in on the backlash, telling TVLine: "Listen, I think it’s totally fine if you don’t like something. That's perfectly acceptable.

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"What I didn't like was that people were signing a petition. You can't ask for receipts on art. You just can't. The art has been created for you, and you can either choose to like it or not."

She added that she was "blown away" by the finale, saying it was "a hard plane to land.. I don't think people quite realize the undertaking and the amount of manpower it took to do that".

Fellow star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) also hit back at the petition recently, joking: "Of course HBO are going to change the whole thing. That's the power of the internet."

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He added: "When it comes to the end it's going to piss you off no matter how it ends, cause it's the end. Just don't call people names."

Meanwhile, Varys actor Conleth Hill recently gave his own assessment of the backlash against season 8 at San Diego Comic-Con.

"We are very grateful for your support, this is the reality not the media-led hate," he told Digital Spy and others.

Game of Thrones aired on HBO in the US, and you can also catch up on the show via Hulu. Viewers in the UK can catch up via Sky Atlantic and NOW TV.

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