Boasting one of the most intense fanbases of any show, Games of Thrones is full of violence, dramatic love scenes, and major plot twists.
In the seventh season of the series, there is an unexpected kiss between Yara Greyjoy (Gemma Whelan) and Ellaria Sand (Indira Varma.)
Stranger Things
Viewers fell for the new cult classic, Stranger Things. In season two, fans were introduced to a new teen love story between Max (Sadie Sink) and Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin). Many episodes later, the two teens finally work up the courage to admit how they really feel about one another. This materializes in a tender, coming-of-age kiss.
But behind this special moment was a lot of anxiety for the young actors. The kiss was not written in the original script but was in fact, added during a take by the show's creators.
Max and Lucas
Sink, being the brave, young actress that she was, still went through with the kiss. Despite Sink’s professional attitude and her admission that she did not feel forced into the kiss, the show’s creators were still heavily criticized for adding this moment to the scene.
Fans felt that the minors were coaxed into the romantic scene. It seemed misplaced and inappropriate. While the actress maintained she was game, people, rightly so, were concerned.
Yara and Ellaria
With all the ongoing flirting, fans may have had an inkling as to what was coming next. Clearly the actors read the room right because the kiss couldn't have been more satisfying.
Later it came out later that the kiss was improvised by Whelan and Varma. When the director decided the kiss was a keeper, Varma also had to kiss Whelan’s stunt double in the later scenes for the sake of continuity!
Room With a View
Nothing beats a love story, at the beginning of the 20th century in the English Countryside. The Oscar-winning movie "A Room With a View" holds the innocents of that period when even one small kiss could hold an entire scene.
Periodic Edwardian movies of this sort don't need much to evoke those romantic vibes. The famous "Kiss in the Fields" scene has more to what the eye could see.