When “A Game of Thrones” hits HBO later this year, producer David Benioff predicts the series will be controversial. That’s because the series isn’t shying away from the sex and violence of George R.R. Martin’s world.
“One of the things that had to be done with [my previous project] Troy is so many things had to be cut because we were trying to do a two-and-a-half hour movie and tell this massive, massive story,” he said.
“Here, because we have ten hours to tell the story, we’re able to include all the major characters… and we’re able to do it the way [author] George [R. R. Martin] does it in the books in terms of the darkness of it and the violence of it and the sexuality of it, which a major studio would never let you do, even if you’re lucky enough to get an R rating. This is beyond R.”
Benioff, who explained that the show is about “power”, added: “A lot of people get killed. George’s world is a violent world – there’s a lot of killing and bloodshed and eviscerations and decapitations and there’s a lot of sex. It’s one of the things that I loved about these books.”
The series will debut in April.
I’ve heard this line so much recently I think I’d find it more controversial if there wasn’t any sex
I know right? With book to film the controversy is always when they’re not true to the book. The book was full of violence and sex. Also, I don’t remember any outcry from the show Rome. Just label it an adult show, no controversy.
Why is the sex part controversial? Why isn’t the violence more acceptable?
Anyone who’s read the books could see how the show would be controversial.