‘House Of The Dragon’ star says ‘Game Of Thrones’ strayed close to “oversexualising” women

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House Of The Dragon star Tom Glynn-Carney has suggested that predecessor show Game Of Thrones strayed “close to oversexualising women”.The prequel series, which has just returned for its second season, follows events in Westeros 200 years before Game Of Thrones, with Glynn-Carney portraying reigning King, Aegon II Targaryen.The original series drew controversy at the time over its treatment of women, and the actor reflected on House Of The Dragon paring down on sex and nudity.“I presumed that they would,” he told The Independent.“That they would take a different approach, because it did feel like maybe Game Of Thrones was too close to oversexualising women, and that wouldn’t be cool if they did that this time.

I thought they were suitably delicate and took a better, more sustainable angle.”Back in 2016, Game Of Thrones star Emilia Clarke – who played Daenerys Targaryen – addressed criticism over the show’s treatment of women.“There’s so much controversy.

Yet that’s what’s beautiful about Game Of Thrones – its depiction of women in so many different stages of development,” she told Entertainment Weekly at the time.“There are women depicted as sexual tools, women who have zero rights, women who are queens but only to a man, and then there are women who are literally unstoppable and as powerful as you can possibly imagine.“So it pains me to hear people taking Thrones out of context with anti-feminist spin – because you can’t do that about this show.

It shows the range that happens to women and ultimately shows women are not only equal, but have a lot of strength.”Back in 2022 upon the release of the first season, author George RR Martin addressed claims that House Of The Dragon was anti-women, notably the fact that a queen.