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Kit Harrington Does Not Want To Be Called A Hunk

Kit Harington.
Kit Harington.

Kit Harington. Photo: Getty Images.

Kit Harington has been objectified as the resident Game Of Thrones hunk since the first day Jon Snow hit our TV screens - but it's not something the actor is proud of.

Instead, Harington finds the status somewhat offensive - and he wants women everywhere to know it.

"To always be put on a pedestal as a hunk is slightly demeaning," Harington told Page Six. "It really is and it's in the same way as it is for women. When an actor is seen only for her physical beauty, it can be quite offensive."

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"It's not just men that can be inappropriate sexually; women can be as well. I'm in a successful TV show in a kind of leading man way and it can sometimes feel like your art is being put to one side for your sex appeal. And I don't like that."

Harington is a big believer in equality - so much in fact, that he recently spoke out about the male to female nudity ratio on Game of Thrones.

"I do think there should be an equal amount of [male and female nudity]," Harington said at a press conference.

Co-star Sophie Turner, who plays his sister Sansa Stark, joined the conversation and added that the lack of male nudity reflected the attitudes of "medieval times".

"Women didn't really have a huge say in the [GOT] world," Turner said. "I think one of the main ways that women can use what they have is through sex. They can really manipulate people through men's desires, and the same vice-versa, so I think it is quite necessary that they show that aspect."

There's no official word on just how much male nudity there will be in season 5, but Harington did drop a few hints about his character's story arc in the season.

The fifth season will be "important," Harington told reporters, touching on something author George R.R Martin said at the Writers Guild West Awards.

"Everybody better be on their toes," Martin said. "People are going to die who don't die in the books, so even the book readers will be unhappy."

The current body count for Game Of Thrones sits at 314. Who's going to die next? We can't wait to find out.

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