Kit Harington Defends Violence In 'Game of Thrones:' 'I Don't See A Problem With It,' Says Actor

"Game of Thrones" is famous for its depiction of brutality and physical violence. It may be hard to watch for some viewers of the HBO show, but Kit Harington, one of the main actors of the series, thinks that the bloody scenes and deaths are essential parts of the fantasy drama.

"I don't see a problem with it because you mostly always feel the consequences of that person dying," Harington, who portrays Jon Snow in the show, explained, in an interview with Radio Times.

The 28-year-old actor went on to defend "Game of Thrones," saying, "In Thrones it's war and awful, awful things happen, as we see on the news daily. And if we've got an appetite for watching these things on the news then you can't shy away from it on cable drama."

"As much as they bury the death they see very quickly, there is an impact that those deaths have which I'm constantly playing. People are always dying around me in 'Thrones'," Harington added, as quoted by Radio Times.

"Game of Thrones" has long been criticized for showing scenes which contain sexual violence and torture. The Independent reported that the goriest moments of the show include "a pregnant woman being stabbed repeatedly in the stomach, a man tortured and castrated, and a prostitute repeatedly shot with a crossbow."

A rape incest scene also sparked debates. In a report by The New York Times, Scott Berkowitz, president of the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, said that "Game of Thrones" is not telling a story about the effects of sexual abuse on a person.

An exciting Season 5

Harington recently wrapped up filming for the fifth season of the show, which is based on George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels titled "A Song of Ice and Fire," Radio Times noted.

When asked by the news outlet about what fans can expect for Season 5, the actor revealed that it was exceptional and that the writers did their best.

"It was phenomenal this season. They've seriously overreached themselves," he said. "They've built it in the right way -- it could have got a lot sillier a lot earlier and it hasn't. It's progressed in the right way story-wise. It's so brilliant this year," Harington added.

Season 5 will revolve around the storylines of Martin's "ASoIaF" fourth and fifth novels titled "A Feast for Crows" and "A Dance with Dragons." The fifth season will premiere in late March or early April, according to MTV. A behind-the-scenes featurette titled "A Day In The Life" is scheduled to air on Sunday, February 8.