'I was really proud of the fact that her exit sparked this really important conversation, because it's not just this show, it is many shows. 'I think that my death kind of sparked this conversation around why can there only be one? And when there is only one, how do we treat that person? How do we treat that woman of colour? How do we give her the respect that she deserves? 'When she died, everyone was like, "she's the only woman of colour in the show and we've got to invest and grow to love and learn about and she's the only one!"įan favourite: Nathalie also spoke candidly about diversity in casting and gushed that she's proud of her character and how fans really felt the impact of her death (pictured with Emilia Clarke as Daenerys) She continued: 'But there is something about the fact that I was the only long running woman of colour in the show. Nathalie, who is about to make her third appearance in The Fast and The Furious franchise, then spoke about her Game Of Thrones role saying that she believes Missandei's death 'sparked' conversation on this 'only one' problem. It's this idea that there can only be one, which is so ridiculous to me.' And then they're like, "oh that random character we can cast somebody brown for that." 'There’s that call for diversity and we've seen it, but the primary characters are usually white. 'That's something that I have had to educate myself about. I also have always existed in spaces that when I take up space in any production, it means something because we're so used to just seeing our leads be white and our supporting leads be white. She said: 'As a mixed black person, while I have all this privilege, because I'm a mixed person and have a lighter complexion, I know that I may or may not have had certain opportunities because of that privilege. Nathalie also spoke candidly about diversity in casting and how it's 'ridiculous' to her that there can be 'only one' brown part' in productions, adding that she's proud of her character and how fans 'fell in love with' Missandei. 'And frankly, if someone was insisting, "we need this nudity." I would say, "thank you very much, I appreciate your interest, but that's just not what I feel is necessary for this part".' I will do this amount, or I can do what I feel is necessary for that part." If you require that in the part, I don't feel comfortable doing that level of nudity. On screen: The actress, 32, played Missandei, who went from slave to Daenerys's trusted advisor, until her brutal death in season eight (pictured in character on Game Of Thrones)