Rose Leslie, who plays Ygritte in 'Game of Thrones', believes her sex scene with Kit Harington's character Jon Snow were essential to the fantasy epic.
While talking to Guilty Pleasures, the 27-year-old beauty said that the love scene needed to happen because the characters were finally together and had to show their love to one another, Metro.co.uk reported.
The Scottish actress, who had also starred in 'Downton Abbey', added that it was her first ever sex scene and took many takes because she had to justify it.