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Lena Headey's ex-husband 'asks her to pay his legal fees in custody battle over son'... amid claim she earns $1 MILLION per Game Of Thrones episode

Published: 06:00 EST, 14 December 2016 | Updated: 06:32 EST, 14 December 2016

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Lena Headey's ex-husband has filed new court documents asking the actress to pay his legal fees in the latest twist in the bitter legal battle over their son Wylie.

Peter Loughran claims the actress can afford to pay his $40,000 costs as she earns a whopping $1 million per Game Of Thrones episode while he has no permanent job, according to his documents.

It had been previously reported that Lena, along with other leading Thrones cast members Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister),Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau received around $500,000 per episode.

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Working mum: Lena Headey, pictured back in April, has been the subject of more court documents filed by her ex-husband

However, many of the main stars of the Emmy-Award winning show were said to have received a pay rise for the seventh and eighth season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The TMZ report says the judge in the case has yet to rule on Peter's request.

It is the latest development in the case which last month saw Lena provide new evidence in the fight to take six-year-old Wylie to the UK.

Riches: Lena stars as the manipulative Cersei Lannister on Game Of Thrones and is said to earn $1 million an episode, according to her ex-husband

She provided a letter from the Executive Producer of Game Of Thrones demanding her presence on the set until February 2017, according to the U.S. website.

Lena - who stars as Cersei Lannister in the HBO series - currently has an order which allows her to take their son to Britain only when she films, which Peter claimed should have finished by now.

However, her letter from Bernadette Caulfield allegedly says she must stay in the UK for 'possible addition scenes and pick-ups' for another three months.

Free Wylie: Her ex-husband Peter Loughran, here with Lena in LA back in May, attended court to request she return with their boy

The update comes following reports she had been ordered by a custody judge to return to the US with her son after she enrolled him at school in her native England without her ex-husband's permission.

Her former spouse attended court in the city to complain the star violated their 2013 custody agreement by signing their six-year-old boy Wylie at an educational institution in Yorkshire.

According to TMZ she had been hoping to keep their son in England permanently as she feels American schools are inferior to their British counterparts.

Star of the show: Lena - who stars as Cersei Lannister in the HBO series Game Of Thrones - currently has an order which allows her to take their son to Britain only when she films

But her Irish ex is supposed to see their boy 10 days per month under their custody agreement.

She had, however, been allowed to keep him in her native country until filming on the hit HBO show was completed bringing him home to the States. She was supposed to return with him on September 5.

Until then she has been ordered to foot the bill for her musician former spouse's travel expenses.

Split: The English beauty married the Irish musician in 2007 but they divorced six years later

The former couple tied the knot in 2007 before separating in 2011 and divorcing in 2013.

Lena, who last year welcomed a daughter named Teddy, has endured a contentious split with her former husband.

The tattooed beauty, citing her ex's past driving issues, asked the court to make him download an app that would prohibit him from texting while driving (which she agreed to download as well).

The Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles star also brought to the court's attention his social media posts showing him posing with an AK-47 in a successful petition from keeping him from taking the boy on a holiday trip to his native Ireland.

Moving on: Lena, who last year welcomed a daughter named Teddy, has endured a contentious split with her former husband since their custody battle again