King Joffrey Wants To See More Male Nudity On ‘Game Of Thrones,’ Doesn’t Watch Show Anymore
Jack Gleeson hasn’t appeared on Game Of Thrones since his character, Joffrey Baratheon, was killed at the start of the fourth season. But rather than keeping up with the latest goings on at The Wall and Westeros, Gleeson has admitted that he doesn’t watch the show anymore, while he’s also worried about the “misogyny” on the HBO drama.
The 23-year-old actor was asked about the lack of male nudity in comparison to their female counterparts on Game Of Thrones during his discussion with Daily Beast.
And after explaining that he didn’t watch the show anymore, Gleeson insisted that there should be more male nudity on the show:
“I think that is one good thing, to not just objectify women but also objectify the beauty of the male genitalia! We’re all objects together.”
Gleeson even admitted that when he was shooting several scenes for Game Of Thrones he found himself feeling uncomfortable because of the hint of misogyny and the violence towards women.
“Yeah, of course; it’s a tricky thing when you are representing misogyny in that way because I wouldn’t say the show ever implicitly condones misogyny or any kind of violence towards women.
“But, perhaps, it’s still unfair or unjust to represent it even if the gloss on the representation is a negative one.”
Even though he hasn’t watched Game Of Thrones in several seasons, Gleeson had some wise words to say on the Sansa Stark rape scene that had journalists and fans up in arms during the fifth season of the show.
“I think it’s always how you represent that kind of treatment: Are you in some way making it cool, or are you making it into an entertainment product, and is that wrong? Or are you doing it in order to expose the problem of sexual assault? I haven’t seen the scene, so I can’t say.”
But why does Jack Gleeson not watch Game Of Thrones anymore? Well, there are a number of reasons, but the primary reason is that he just can’t willingly suspend his disbelief.
“You know the willing suspension of disbelief, it’s kind of hard to suspend, because you kind of know that the sets aren’t really real, and you kind of know that the actors aren’t really the characters—obviously people know that anyway, but you’re able to convince yourself more when you haven’t actually seen the thing in real life. So, I find it hard to watch.”
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