There’s A Pretty Great Interview With Peter Dinklage In The New Issue Of Playboy
In which Tyrion Lannister says "pussy".
Sure, we know it’s an unbelievable cliche to say we read Playboy “for the articles”, but really, it’s true. They have some deep, ballsy stuff in there, penetrating interviews with interesting people, other forced metaphors that we can’t be bothered coming up with right now (okay, that one was actually unintentional).
Whatever your thoughts on the title, you may wanna inconspicuously brave your local newstand for the current issue, because it features a pretty fascinating interview with Tyrion Lannister, we mean, Peter Dinklage, complete with pictures of him laying coolly amongst a plethora of bare-bosomed women (it’s nothing compared to Game Of Thrones, though). If you’re shy, you can also read it here in the privacy of your own office stall (well, as long as the IT guys don’t block that kinda thing).
The interview finds Dinklage telling some funny behind-the-scenes tales from the GoT set (like the time he had to pretend chop-off a 70-year-old amputee actor’s leg), divulging some details about his much-rumoured pet project (a biopic on Fantasy Island‘s ‘Tattoo’, Hervé Villechaize), revealing his childhood connection to Springsteen (!), and discussing the use of the word ‘midget’ (“It’s like the N word among short-statured people…”).
Ah, that looks relaxing.
The weirdest part, though, is the following exchange, which Dinklage handles with typically cool charm.
Playboy: There’s a video on YouTube called “Peter Dinklage Gets So Much Pussy” in which two guys talk about how much you’ve been getting laid since Game of Thrones. They estimate your sexual activity has increased 600 percent in the past few years. Does that sound about right?
Dinklage: It depends. By “pussy” do they mean actual pussy? Or is it a metaphor, like for gardening? Because if that’s the case, then yes, I’ve been doing a lot of gardening lately. If they mean sex, they might be getting me confused with somebody else. But if pussy means wearing old-man sweaters and watering my herb garden, then absolutely, I’m getting so much pussy.
Playboy: You are aware that you’re a sex symbol, right? Some might even call you a DwILF.
Dinklage: DwILF, as in Dwarf I’d Like to Fuck? That’s very clever. Honestly, I think there’s an irony in all of this. I take it with a grain of salt. They’ll say, “Oh, he’s sexy,” but women still go for guys who are six-foot-two. It’s nice that people are thinking outside the box, but I don’t believe any of it for a minute.
Oh, we believe it, Dinkles, we believe it.