On Gendry and Arya's sex scene in episode two: "The most common thing Thrones fans have wanted to talk to me about over the years was this suggested relationship with Arya. I always found that conversation quite uncomfortable at the time, particularly in the early years. I was a 25-year-old man being asked whether I would like my character to get together with an at-the-time 14-year-old actress. It was always something I thought wasn't fair to ask me personally . . . I felt there needed to be an understanding that even though what we're making is fantasy, actual execution of that had to take place in reality. It was never really something I gave much thought to."