In 2011, the US network HBO premiered an ambitious fiction project with which it adapted the series of epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire. This literary saga had become one of the most important of the genre in recent decades, although it had always been considered “niche”. HBO’s intention was to present it as an epic blockbuster of pure fantasy with touches of drama and thriller, and the formula worked even better than they themselves expected. The Game of Thrones phenomenon crossed borders and became a true revolution not only in the world of television, but also in culture in general. If before those products were for “geeks”, the series had managed to maximize its audience and bring these tropes into the mainstream. Everyone enjoyed the novelistic intrigues, the epic fights… and the risque scenes.
As in any good HBO production, Game of Thrones also had quite explicit sexual scenes, something that was not so common at the time. The fact of being broadcast on cable television gave much more creative freedom to its creators, who were not shy about taking out nudes in each episode of the first season. Some as famous as one of the protagonists, Emilia Clarke, who played the role of Daenerys Targaerean. The sex was part of the plot naturally, either through the wedding night of Daenerys herself with her husband Karl Drogo, or in different scenes where the characters frequented brothels in different areas of Westeros. As in the Middle Ages, the nobles and knights used to meet in these places of vice and sensuality to enjoy the women bodies, but also to do business. They were very appropriate places to be calm and have all the confidence in the world with our partners. In one of those brothels, little Tyrion Lannister met Shae, a young prostitute who would steal his heart, and who would have a very important role in the first seasons of the series. The prostitute was played by Sibel Kekilli, a German actress who came… from the world of porn.