Matt’s query over number of sex scenes in new show
Sneak peek at star-studded Irish flick ...as Russell films Exorcist movie here
MATT Smith has said he found himself asking: “Do we need another sex scene?” while filming the upcoming Game Of Thrones prequel series, House Of The Dragon.
The former Doctor Who star (39) plays Daemon Targaryen in the story set 200 years before the events of the original HBO series, which became notorious for its explicit portrayal of sex and violence.
British actress Emilia Clarke, who played queen Daenerys Targaryen, revealed after Game Of Thrones had concluded its final series that she had felt uncomfortable with some of her nude scenes.
Speaking to Rolling
Stone UK about the upcoming prequel series, Smith said: “You do find yourself asking: ‘Do we need another sex scene?’ And they’re like: ‘Yeah, we do.’
Diluting
“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.”
Asked about his own sex scenes, Smith jokingly added: “Yeah — slightly too much, if you ask me.”
The 10-episode series is due for release on August 21 on Sky Atlantic and steaming service Now.
IN NO RUSS-H: Crowe on the set in Trinity College
HOLLYWOOD star Russell Crowe donned religious vestments to film scenes yesterday in Dublin.
He is set to star as Fr Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican’s former chief exorcist, in The Pope’s Exorcist.
Crowe’s role is based on the reallife Italian priest who performed more than 100,000 exorcisms for the Vatican.
The cameras began rolling outside the Library of Trinity College Dublin yesterday.
Awkward
Scenes were later filmed in The Long Room, where the Book of Kells is on display.
Extras - dressed as nuns, bishops and cardinals - were seen on the campus between scenes.
Meanwhile, a trailer for The Banshees of Inisherin - featuring Irish
NUN OTHER: The extras decked out as priests and nuns in Trinity College
actors Brendan Gleeson,
Colin Farrell and Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon
- has been released.
The movie follows lifelong friends living on a remote Irish island at an awkward time in their relationship when one no longer wants to be friends.
Scenes show Colin’s character Padraic and Brendan’s character Colm drinking Guinness.
The film will be out in October.