It has been striking, these last few seasons, how much Game of Thrones has cut down on what was dubbed “sexposition” by fans and critics alike. Though we’ve had a few semi naked actors in the last couple of seasons, between the faith Militant raiding on Littlefinger’s brothel, and perhaps a little bit of toning down from the outcry, the moments of nudity have been cut down to the point that when “The door” featured both a gratuitous boobs moment followed by a corresponding gratuitous cock moment, it was actually kind of startling.
And yet, the show’s reputation proceeds it. This week we had a story about HBO having to go after PornHub over nude scenes from the actual show being hosted there for the user’s viewing pleasure. Now The Daily Mail comes along with another story based on the idea that the show is no more than a hive of scum and villainy. This one is a “feel good” story though, of one actress who is claiming that getting a part playing on e of Littlefinger’s favorited residents has been the boost to her career that she needed that got her out of a terrible life situation where she saw sex work as her only viable occupation.
The Daily Mail is heavy on the violent and gory details of her life before landing a lucky break when she saw an advert for work on an adult actress website.
‘They wrote back that they wanted me and I was thrilled because it was an amazing opportunity to do some proper acting. But I had no idea how much it would change my life.’
But by getting put in a mainstream show (albeit one where she plays a sex worker, and spends most of her time on camera naked in various Littlefinger brothel scenes), she found herself with a huge resume boost, surrounded by very nice people, most of whom were as embarrassed to be doing this on camera as you might imagine.
People ask me all the time if we are at it for real and I reply, “Are dragons or zombies real?” The reality is that the male actors are so uncomfortable doing sex scenes that I can usually feel them shaking nervously under me. I think they suffer from performance anxiety, because they are almost naked and there are usually about 30 crew members on set.
She’s also been luck in a second way–unlike most of the big named actors on the show, her part is so small that she hasn’t been killed off yet. The show has now cast her in some fashion every season since she arrived in King’s Landing and Littlefinger’s House of Ill Repute in Season 2–and she says she’s booked for Season 7 next year as well. And at 27 years old, she’s got a budding film career–the mainstream kind, acting in indie and horror films, where she finally gets to keep her clothes on. Who says that there are no happy endings in Westeros?
Via http://winteriscoming.net/2016/06/05/josephine-gillan-thanks-game-of-thrones-for-a-second-chance/
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