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Danish Game of Thrones star fights for refugees

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and his Game of Thrones cast mates have teamed up with the International Rescue Committee to help refugees across the world.

Published: 15 March 2016 11:20 CET
Danish Game of Thrones star fights for refugees
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr

The Danish actor and a host of other stars from HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ have taken a break from slaying kings and fighting dragons to team up with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and launch the Rescue Has No Boundaries campaign.

The joint campaign launched by the IRC and ‘Game of Thrones' aims to raise awareness and provide aid to the millions of refugees displaced around the world.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays Jamie Lannister in the fantasy epic, uses a video released by the IRC to call on the public to donate money to help the estimated 60 million displaced refugees across the world.

 
“Our partnership with HBO and Game of Thrones—which premiered around the same time the war in Syria began—hopes to galvanize the general public to take action and rise up for refugees,” David Miliband, the president and CEO of the IRC, said in a press release. 

In conjunction with the campaign, lucky fans will be offered the opportunity to attend the 'Game of Thrones' season 6 premiere in Los Angeles on April 10th, with flights and a stay in a four-star hotel included. Fans can enter the draw from March 13th till April 5th with a $10 (roughly 70 kroner) donation to the IRC campaign.

Coster-Waldau has played the incestuous ‘King Slayer’ since the beginning of the Emmy-award winning show in 2011.

The much anticipated season six will see another acclaimed Danish actor enter the world of Westeros. The star of ‘Borgen’ and ‘1864’, Pilou Asbæk, will join the 'Game of Thrones' universe as Euron “Crow’s Eye” Greyjoy, joining Coster-Waldau and ‘Borgen’ co-star Birgitte Hjort Sørensen on the increasing list of Danish actors to star in the hit show.

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Norwegian reality show introduces sexual consent rule for contestants

The latest series of Paradise Hotel in Norway has introduced an on-screen consent requirement for contestants planning on having sexual contact following allegations of abuse on the Swedish version of the show.

Published: 21 September 2021 11:55 CEST
Norwegian reality show introduces sexual consent rule for contestants
The show has introduced on-screen consent requirements. Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash

Contestants in the latest series of Paradise Hotel, which aired on Monday night, will require contestants to demonstrate on-screen with a thumbs up to the camera that they consent to any sexual activity.

“We were told from day one that if we were to have sex, we had to consent with a thumbs up to the camera from both parties,” Stian Trulsen, a contestant on the hit reality series, told newspaper VG. 

Earlier this year, it was alleged that a male contestant abused two female participants on the Swedish edition of the show. Swedish prosecuting authorities are investigating the alleged abuse. 

Christian Meinseth, program manager for production company Nent which makes the show, said the new rules weren’t directly introduced because of what happened on the Swedish programme. 

“No, but we have, of course, worked with the series and looked at our practices around the format, so we ensure that Paradise Hotel is both a good watch and fun to be a participant in,” Meinseth told VG. 

“We are very concerned about the participants’ safety, and we have not had any challenges around the new rules,” Meinseth added. 

The program manager added that the production company wanted the show to reflect a more modern approach to sex. 

“At the same time, we are also careful to monitor language use and how the participants describe each other. Everyone should show respect for each other, and there will be more focus on the game itself. Viewers can look forward to an exciting and entertaining season,” he said. 

The 15th season of the show, which has been on Norwegian tv screens since 2009, will also include a “paradise talents” week where there is a focus on inner values as part of several on-screen and off-screen measures to try and promote more healthy sexual relationships.

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