Matt Smith, star ofHouse of the DragonandThe Crown, has doubled down on his criticism of trigger warnings.

Im not sure Im on board with trigger warnings, Smith said.

Were telling audiences theyre going to be scared before theyve watched something.

Matt Smith in ‘House Of The Dragon’

Matt Smith in ‘House Of The Dragon’HBO

He joked that the latter absolutely ruined me.

That you scared children, in a controlled way, but you did scare them.

Imagine you go to kids watchingDoctor Who, By the way, this might scare you.

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No, Im not into it.

Ralph Fiennes said theatergoers had gone soft in an interview with the BBC.

Its the shock, its the unexpected, thats what makes an act of theatre so exciting.