--- title: Game of Thrones Actor DeObia Oparei: We Need More Male Nudity description: DeObia Oparei calls for "more equality" canonical: https://time.com/3912375/game-of-thrones-deobia-oparei-male-nudity/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-08T15:08:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:27.270Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Here's Why This 'Game of Thrones' Actor Wants More Male Nudity on the Show og:description: DeObia Oparei calls for "more equality" og:url: https://time.com/3912375/game-of-thrones-deobia-oparei-male-nudity/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8ef7095a649ce1e/69885363f887dc54d8e90d03/gettyimages-105533803.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Deobia Oparei og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Why This 'Game of Thrones' Actor Wants More Male Nudity on the Show twitter:description: DeObia Oparei calls for "more equality" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8ef7095a649ce1e/69885363f887dc54d8e90d03/gettyimages-105533803.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Why This _Game of Thrones_ Actor Wants More Male Nudity on the Show by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jun 8, 2015 3:08 PM UTC  Deobia Oparei during "Doom" Los Angeles premiere. Deobia Oparei during "Doom" Los Angeles premiere.Jon Kopaloff — FilmMagic / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jun 8, 2015 3:08 PM UTC Actor DeObia Oparei, who recently joined _Game of Thrones_ in the role of Areo Hotah, recently [sat down with ](http://www.vulture.com/2015/06/gots-areo-hotah-on-why-we-need-more-male-nudity.html)[_Vulture_](http://www.vulture.com/2015/06/gots-areo-hotah-on-why-we-need-more-male-nudity.html), and the conversation quickly turned to the show’s gender dynamics. In the region of Dorne, Oparei says, “female power is not seen as a threat. In Dorne, women are powerful, and that’s not feared or checked or quarantined.” Dorne is also a “hedonistic world, where one is allowed to be free with the senses,” Oparei explains, so the conversation turned to the fact that he might be asked to do some nude scenes. Here’s what he had to say about that: --- > “” --- ### See The Real-Life People Who Inspired Game of Thrones Characters  From left: Cersei and Margaret of Anjou HBO; Getty Images  From Left: Khaleesi and Queen Elizabeth I. HBO; Getty Images  From Left: Melisandre and Bloody Mary Helen Sloan—HBO; Getty Images  From left: Talisa Stark and Anne Boleyn. Helen Sloan—HBO; Getty Images  From left: Brienne of Tarth and Joan of Arc. HBO; DeAgostini—Getty Images  From left: Henry VIII and Robert Baratheon. HBO; Getty Images  From left: Joffrey and Caligula. 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