Board Thread:TV Show Discussion/@comment-5014364-20150611205707/@comment-5014364-20150611212150

Oh don't get me wrong, Lena Headey is an amazing actress with what they give her.

Another problem beyond their control is that in the novels...Cersei doesn't do much in the third novel, relative to its size, just as Jaime and Daenerys don't do much in the second novel. Tywin's back in King's Landing, he's in control, she's pushed to the side.

Because Seasons 3 AND 4 were based on the third novel, she just didn't get much to do for a long stretch....through no fault of the writers....after getting a lot in Seasons 1 and 2. She got a fairly large amount to do again in Season 4 though. But that's just how the books were structured.