- Natalie Dormer has defended the sex scenes on "Game of Thrones."
- Dormer played Margaery Tyrell on the show for five seasons.
- She doesn't find it "gratuitous," as some critics have argued.
Natalie Dormer stands behind the sex scenes on "Game of Thrones."
"Sex and romance is a huge part of human motivation," the 36-year-old actress told The Sun. "So long as it's informing the story then I don't see the problem. But I think 'Thrones' is quite good in that way. The violence is quite naturalistic."
Dormer, who played Margaery Tyrell on the hit HBO show for five seasons, defends the show from criticisms that the nudity, sex, and violence is "gratuitous."
"It's not hyper-stylized," she said. "It's not glamorized. And the sex is quite real and dirty as well. It's about those raw, visceral qualities of human life."
Dormer is not the only cast member to defend the scenes. In the past, Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys Targaryen, has also defended the show.
In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, Clarke said she was "starting to get really annoyed" with people's obsession over the nudity on "Game of Thrones."
"There are so many shows centered around this very true fact that people reproduce," she said. "People f--- for pleasure — it's part of life."
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