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"Game of Thrones star Kit Harington has claimed that sex is &amp;quot;very important&amp;quot; to the show. The actor, who plays Jon Snow, hinted that the forthcoming second season would be even more explicit than the first. &amp;quot;The second season doesn&amp;#039;t hold back in that area,&amp;quot; he told Vulture. &amp;quot;We go even further in our explicitness, because sex is being used as a weapon. It&amp;#039;s such an important part of the series.&amp;quot; Downton Abbey actress Rose Leslie will appear in the new episodes as Ygritte, a wildling woman who has a &amp;quot;tempestuous&amp;quot; relationship with Snow. &amp;quot;All I can say is there is a girl,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;Whether they fall in love, I can&amp;#039;t say. I wouldn&amp;#039;t call it love. &amp;quot;But I can say that Rose can really take the p*ss out of you. We got into some healthy scraps.&amp;quot; New Game of Thrones cast addition Liam Cunningham (Ser Davos Seaworth) recently admitted to Digital Spy that the sex scenes on the show are &amp;quot;extraordinary&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;You couldn&amp;#039;t do it on network,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;[But] it reflects the spirit of the books.&amp;quot; Game of Thrones returns to HBO in the US on April 1 and to Sky Atlantic in the UK on April 2. &amp;gt; Game of Thrones cast&amp;#039;s greatest hits: Friday Fiver Watch the Game of Thrones cast discuss season two with Digital Spy below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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