‘House of the Dragon’ star Matt Smith slams audiences for needing ‘trigger warnings’
nypost.comHBO star Matt Smith has hit out at sensitive modern audiences that have become reliant on “trigger warnings” before TV shows and movies.While recently speaking with the Times, the House of the Dragon actor, 41, claimed that giving viewers “trigger warnings” has left TV shows “dumbed down.”“Too much policing of stories and being afraid to bring them out because a climate is a certain way is a shame.
I’m not sure I’m on board with trigger warnings,” Smith said.“I’m not sure I’m on board with trigger warnings. It’s OK to feel uncomfortable or provoked while looking at a painting or watching a play, but I worry everything’s being dialled and dumbed down.”“We’re telling audiences they’re going to be scared before they’ve watched something,” he stated.Smith isn’t the first actor to speak out about “trigger warnings” this year.Judi Dench previously confessed she was surprised to learn that theatre audiences were “routinely being warned about potentially distressing content, including abuse, violence, and loud noises.”Smith’s comments come after viewers were left horrified after an explicit sex scene aired on the latest episode of the “Game Of Thrones” prequel, “House Of The Dragon.”While fans of the HBO fantasy series are accustomed to seeing X-rated moments on the show’s original series, the spin-off has been relatively tame – an episode when viewers were confronted with scenes of one character performing oral sex on another.In the episode, King Aegon II Targaryen (played by Tom Glynn-Carney) brought his team of soldiers to a brothel to enjoy a night out.
The arrogant leader then began ripping open curtains to expose the various activities being performed at the establishment before the cameras stopped on one woman engaged in.
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