Jason Momoa stood up for himself in a recent interview after a question about his controversial sexual assault scene in Game of Thrones left a "bad feeling" in his stomach.

In an interview that was published on Friday, July 30, the Aquaman star, 42, spoke to New York Times about a wide range of topics - including his role as Khal Drogo in the hugely popular fantasy series.

However, Momoa took umbrage with the phrasing of a particular question that implied he may have regrets about having played a character who sexually assaults Daenerys Targaryen on their wedding night.

David Marchese, a journalist at the publication, prefaced his question by explaining that the HBO show "inspired a lot of discussion about its depiction of scenes of sexual assault and its treatment of women generally."

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He then proceeded to ask Momoa: "Do you think differently today about those scenes? Would you do one now? Do you have any regrets? Those types of scenes can seem as if they belong to an older cultural moment."

The actor responded: "Well, it was important to depict Drogo and his style. You’re playing someone that’s like Genghis Khan.

"It was a really, really, really hard thing to do. But my job was to play something like that, and it’s not a nice thing, and it’s what that character was.

"It’s not my job to go, 'Would I not do it?' I’ve never really been questioned about 'Do you regret playing a role?' We’ll put it this way: I already did it. Not doing it again."

Marchese then moved on to talk about Momoa's science fiction series See and other projects he has been involved in since Game of Thrones.

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However, as soon as the reporter wrapped up the interview, Momoa decided to call him out over the question about his contentious scene in Game of Thrones.

He said: "I wanted to bring something up that left a bad feeling in my stomach. When you brought up Game of Thrones, you brought up stuff about what’s happening with my character and would I do it again. I was bummed when you asked me that."

The actor went on to describe the question as "icky", explaining that actors have no creative control over the depiction of certain scenes.

He added: "There are producers, there are writers, there are directors, and you don’t get to come in and be like, 'I’m not going do that because this isn’t kosher right now and not right in the political climate. That never happens. So it’s a question that feels icky. I just wanted you to know that."

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Emilia Clarke has revealed that Jason Momoa got her "as drunk as humanly possible" during their recent reunion.

The Game of Thrones star, 34, recently caught up with Momoa, her on-screen partner, for co-creator David Benioff's birthday celebration, and she told PEOPLE that the actor, 42, knows how to party.

"Oh God, it was beautiful," she said. "When Jay's in town, you know it's going down."

"He walks into the room and you're just like, 'My man,'" Clarke continued. "It's almost like a test, every time he sees [me] he's like, 'Can I still throw you around the room? Yeah I can.'"

She then explained that he proceeded to get the group "as drunk as humanly possible."

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Clarke said that she tried more whiskeys than she'd ever had before in her life at the event and explained that while some were tasty, there were others that tasted like "paint stripper".

However, she joked to herself that they would put hairs on her chest.

In case your memory needs refreshing, Momoa played Khal Drogo on the first season of Game of Thrones, but while his character only featured for one season, Clarke's Daenerys Targaryen featured in all eight seasons from 2011 to 2019.

The two actors went on to share pictures from the birthday bash on their respective social media last month.

"When your sun and stars rolls into town you check that he can still bench press a Khaleesi," Clarke captioned the post.

Sharing pics with his own followers, Momoa wrote: "MOON OF MY LIFE. you are wonderful love u forever @emilia_clarke #smilelyeyes", before going on to share his birthday wishes with Benioff.

In a recent interview about his role as Drogo with the New York Times, Momoa called out an interviewer over a certain "icky" question.

Momoa took umbrage with the phrasing of a particular question that implied he may have regrets about having played a character who sexually assaults Daenerys Targaryen on their wedding night.

David Marchese, a journalist at the publication, prefaced his question by explaining that the HBO show "inspired a lot of discussion about its depiction of scenes of sexual assault and its treatment of women generally."

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He then proceeded to ask Momoa: "Do you think differently today about those scenes? Would you do one now? Do you have any regrets? Those types of scenes can seem as if they belong to an older cultural moment."

The actor responded: "Well, it was important to depict Drogo and his style. You’re playing someone that’s like Genghis Khan.

"It was a really, really, really hard thing to do. But my job was to play something like that, and it’s not a nice thing, and it’s what that character was. It’s not my job to go, 'Would I not do it?' I’ve never really been questioned about 'Do you regret playing a role?' We’ll put it this way: I already did it. Not doing it again."

At the end of the interview, Momoa told the interviewer: "I wanted to bring something up that left a bad feeling in my stomach. When you brought up Game of Thrones, you brought up stuff about what’s happening with my character and would I do it again. I was bummed when you asked me that."

Describing the question as "icky", Momoa explained that actors have no creative control over the depiction of certain scenes, adding: "There are producers, there are writers, there are directors, and you don’t get to come in and be like, 'I’m not going do that because this isn’t kosher right now and not right in the political climate.

"That never happens. So it’s a question that feels icky. I just wanted you to know that."

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There are few experiences in life more exciting than meeting your favourite celebrity. Imagine how triumphant you must feel when you finally have the chance to banter with your idol, the person who you most look up to and respect. It's what events like Comic-Con were invented for; to give star-struck nerds the opportunity to meet and greet the people they worship.

Most of the time, the lines for pictures and autographs at these events are pretty damn long, and you might be stood waiting for hours before you get a chance to snap a quick selfie and stammer your appreciation of their work. But occasionally, the stars go that extra mile for their fans - and the result always turns out to be legendary.

Recently, actor Jason Momoa (famous for playing the part of ripped barbarian stud Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones, and ripped Atlantean stud Aquaman in Justice League) attended Comic-Con in Denver, Colorado. There he indulged fans with a photo-op, and when one woman asked for a photo alone with him, hilarity, and trolling, soon ensued.

You see, Jason Momoa is best-known for being a major hunk - I mean, there's a reason he's shirtless in most of his movies. So when this lady asked him for a picture together, her husband, who was feeling a bit outclassed, wasn't totally into the idea of his wife ending up in another man's (gigantic) arms.

Thus, he insisted that he photobomb Momoa and his wife. "I told my husband I wanted a picture alone with Jason Momoa, but he wasn’t comfortable with that," she stated. She then shared the signed picture on Reddit, which shows her standing with Momoa, who is holding her spouse at arm's length.

Apparently, Momoa was a big fan of how the snap turned out. According to Reddit-user 'Twoforjoy" (the lucky lady who uploaded the image) "He was all about it. When he saw the print-out to sign it, he said, 'This is f*cking amazing." There was no word on her husband's opinion on the matter, but I think I can guess that it wasn't positive.

Other Redditors who have also met Momoa also shared anecdotes about what a kind dude he is. A user with the handle '976chip' wrote: "I met him at DragonCon in 2010 before GoT debuted. There was no one at his booth. When I was walking up to him he greeted me like I was a friend he hadn’t seen in years and wasn’t expecting to show up. I talked to him for about five minutes. He was exceptionally friendly and laid back," while another added: "I work in Belfast so I've served a few of the Game of Thrones cast/crew etc a few times. Served Jason twice ... That man can drink beer like it's water though it's impressive as sh*t."

To be honest, I'm not I'd trust my girlfriend around him either. That guy is hot as hell.

While Game of Thrones is pretty much over until 2019, self-confessed Throners still manage to get a buzz over anything related to the hit HBO fantasy television series. Whether that's stalking Cersei, Daenerys and Jon Snow's real-life counterparts, binge-watching the entire series from season one, or dipping into George R. R Martin's gargantuan novels, the die-hard fans are most definitely on it. As such, fans of the show were delighted to discover that Jason Momoa and Emilia Clarke - that is - the Mother of Dragons and her late husband, Khal Drogo, are still super close and actually got drunk together at a recent Game of Thrones reunion. While it may have been six whole years since Khal Drogo and Daenerys were living out their passionate romance, it appears that not a day has passed for the respective actors, Jason Momoa and Emilia Clarke, who are as close as ever. In a platonic way, of course! Emilia and Jason had a little catch-up in London over the weekend, as Jason was in the city to promote his latest feature, Justice League. The actress who catapulted to stardom after playing Game of Thrones' Mother of Dragons took to her Instagram account to share a picture of the two, who seemed oh-so-happy to be reunited. She wrote: "When life is so good that your sun and stars is in your city...you lose your eyes and gain 5 grins (and gins) where until now they'd only been one... (*grins- there's always more gins) @prideofgypsies YOU ALWAYS MOTHER OF DRAGONS MAIN MAN" [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/BbHHxuEl73O/?taken-by=emilia_clarke]] And of course, fans of the hit fantasy series were delighted to see one of their favourite couplings back together. One Instagram user said "Ok here’s the deal. Does he have a wife? You two need to be married IRL", while another just added "couple goals". But although Jason is happily married to Lisa Bonet, other viewers were just happy that the two had kept in touch after all this time, writing: "So much joy in this one picture. No words needed! Love that you two share such a strong friendship off screen! Much love!" Jason also felt the need to commemorate the moment, he captioned his Instagram post: "Crazy mad insane LOVE for this queen it’s truly like bubbles of giggles are in our bellies when we are together. It’s a shame we don’t get to see each other as much as we would like but when we do i feel like a f—ing KHAL love u @emilia_clarke always forever." And he even ended the post with the Dothraki phrase for "Moon of my life", "Yer Jalan Atthirari Anni." How adorable, right? [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/BbItUk2Hud2/?taken-by=prideofgypsies]] Hopefully this will perk up any Game of Thrones fan who has been out of sorts since it was revealed that we have to wait until 2019 to have Jon Snow and the gang back on our screens. In other Game of Thrones related news, five Game of Thrones spin-off scripts are currently being developed.

Emilia Clarke might be a celebrated actress today, but the road to stardom came with serious physical and emotional tolls - starting with her iconic role as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones.Though her portrayal of the dragon queen was legendary, the actress revealed that the behind-the-scenes experience wasn’t quite as powerful - at least not at first.“Imposter Syndrome Times a Million”: How Clarke Faced Her First Major RoleClarke was just 23 years old when she began filming Game of Thrones, and the weight of the role hit hard. Facing a long list of nude scenes, she admitted it was nothing short of “terrifying”.She later confessed to suffering “imposter syndrome times a million” while navigating the pressures of the massive HBO production. But thankfully, one co-star helped her make it through.Emilia Clarke. Credit: Francois G. Durand/Getty Images.While her character was destined to rule, Clarke’s earliest scenes included a disturbing wedding night moment with Khal Drogo, played by Jason Momoa. Looking back, Clarke had only praise for the way he handled it.“He was crying more than I was," she said. "It's only now that I realise how fortunate I was with that, because that could have gone many, many, many different ways."Because Jason had experience – he was an experienced actor who had done a bunch of stuff before coming on to this – he was like, 'Sweetie, this is how it's meant to be, this is how it's not meant to be, and I'm going to make sure that that's the f**king gaze.'"He was always like, 'Can we get her a f**king robe? She's shivering!' He was so kind and considerate and cared about me as a human being."Despite Momoa’s support, Clarke said she would often end up “crying” before sex scenes, overwhelmed by the vulnerability of being completely naked on set.“I Didn’t Even Know There Would Be Nudity…”In a 2019 episode of the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard podcast, Clarke opened up about how unaware she was of what the role truly demanded.“I took the job and then they sent me the scripts and I was reading them, and I was like, 'Oh, there's the catch!'” she admitted.“But I'd come fresh from drama school and I approached it as a job: if it's in the script then it's clearly needed. This is what this is and I'm going to make sense of it and that's what I'm going to do and everything's going to be cool. "I've never been on a film set like this before," she added."I'd been on a film set twice before then, and I'm now on a film set completely naked with all of these people, and I don't know what I'm meant to do, and I don't know what's expected of me, and I don't know what you want, and I don't know what I want."Emilia Clarke rose to fame in Game of Thrones. Credit: Taylor Hill/GettyCold War Drama With a Brutal TwistClarke stars in Ponies as Bea, a secretary at the US Embassy in 1970s Moscow, who’s actually a CIA asset sent to seduce high-level KGB agents.The job calls for more than a sharp mind and a steady hand... it also involves a steady stream of sex scenes.Speaking to The Wrap, Clarke recalled a particularly brutal day on set: “Three men, in a number of hours. Just keep bringing it - I’m going to sit on this thing, you’re going to bring them in, we’re going to pretend to have sex. I broke a rib that day.”Her co-star Haley Lu Richardson, who fans will recognize from The White Lotus Season 2, confirmed the on-set mishap, saying: “She’s such a tiny little sensitive body, meant she broke a rib.”Richardson also added that there was a whole parade of men coming through the makeup trailer after the shoot. “I was like ‘So how was it?’ They were like ‘Yeah! (panting)‘” she recalled.The Me Before You star said when she visited her doctor with the injury, they asked how she did it, and she didn't sugarcoat it: "Sex! Times three!"It didn’t fully break," she clarified. "It just popped out a little bit."Featured image credit: Dia Dipasupil / Getty