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TheGame of Thronesprequel is certified NSFW.
According to starMatt Smith,House of the Dragonmay actually havetoo manysex scenes. The British actor, who plays Prince Daemon Targaryen in the upcoming HBO series, opened up about the explicit nature of the show — and how it differs fromThrones.
“You do find yourself asking, ‘Do we needanothersex scene?'” Smith, 39, toldRolling Stone. “And they’re like, ‘Yeah, we do.'”
“I guess you have to ask yourself: ‘What are you doing? Are you representing the books, or are you diluting the books to represent the time [we’re living in]?’ And I actually think it’s your job to represent the books truthfully and honestly, as they were written.”
Expanding on the amount of scenes in the new series that are sexual in nature, he laughed, “Yeah — slightly too much, if you ask me.”
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However, the incoming sex scenes may differ in nature from those seen inGame of Thrones— some of which were blatantly abusive and non-consensual. Executive producer Sara Hess explained how the show is committed to showing non-violent sexual encounters during a chat withVanity Fair.
“I’d like to clarify that we do not depict sexual violence in the show,” said. “We handle one instance off-screen, and instead show the aftermath and impact on the victim and the mother of the perpetrator.”
Hess added that there are some sexual instances in which the female participatnt doesn’t have much power. “We don’t shy away from the fact that our female leads in the first half of the show are coerced and manipulated into doing the will of adult men,” she continued.
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House of the Dragonpremieres Aug. 21 on HBO Max.
source: people.com
