‘We want to shine a light on sexual atrocities’: House of the Dragon Director Reveals Game of Thrones Prequel Will Have More Violent Sex Scenes Than Predecessor

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Many of us predicted that House of the Dragon will cover fewer sex scenes because Game of Thrones didn’t step away from covering sex and nudity. There is no chance if you missed an episode without witnessing any nudity, people who wish not to are not lucky enough. But for those who like to keep it little light and want to see more storyline and fewer naked scenes then the upcoming spinoff is perfect.

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Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon

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In a recent interview that took place with The Hollywood Reporter, the director himself said that there won’t be as many sex scenes in the upcoming series, but there will be good amounts of twisted relationships played by the actors.

House of the Dragon Director Changed the Way of Handling Sex Scenes

Game of Thrones prequel director explains his different approach to sex scenes
Game of Thrones prequel director explains his different approach to sex scenes

According to this news, the director also said that this series is mainly based on showing less nudity while still getting to the story of how sexual problems aren’t so crucial for the Targaryen clan. The other perspective to this was for the survivors of sexual assault, those scenes are simply difficult to watch for some people.

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Fans who are thinking that they won’t watch any more sexual assaults are in a lie. The director planned everything just like the Game of Thrones, which showed screen time to what we predict as sex than sexual assault, but House of the Dragon is set to do the same thing.

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House of the Dragon Boss Explains its Different Approach to Sex and Violence

House of the Dragon director adapted a new way of handling sex scenes
House of the Dragon director adapted a new way of handling sex scenes

The director said that the production doesn’t “shy away from it,” and added they even “shine a light” on the horror that is sexual assault. He said that his main intention behind this was for portraying a good amount of these scenes to show the terrible realities of the time mainly between two genders.

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Well all need to wait and watch the amount of sexual assault planned for this series which gonna leave marks in the final cuts for the spinoff. Some excited fans of the Game of Thrones are still waiting to witness what the director and his team planned, and some are equally nervous.

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You don’t have to wait so long for the House of the Dragon to surface on HBO on August 21.

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