The fourth collection of Poldark started on Sunday
Aidan Turner has stated he has "never felt objectified", regardless of the quantity of consideration his shirtless character receives on Poldark.
The actor, who's about to tackle his first stage function in 10 years, discovered himself the topic of a nationwide debate earlier this month.
Or quite, his chest did.
Writing within the Radio Times, Mariella Frostrup highlighted the obvious "double standards" when it got here to feminine journalists and viewers brazenly lusting over Ross Poldark.
Frostrup stated this was one thing that might be extremely criticised if the tables have been turned, i.e. if a plethora of male journalists have been to objectify a feminine star.
"I fear we are losing not only our sense of humour but our sense of proportion as we throw every act of perceived s3xism into the #MeToo basket," she wrote.
She also stated that each women and men needs to be free to "confidently express desire" for the other s3x.
"Sure, I think everybody should be, I don't see the problem there," Turner tells BBC News when advised about Frostrup's article.
"I've never felt objectified. I feel typically different individuals wish to really feel that for you, which could be fairly a unusual factor.
"But personally I haven't. You say objectify, but it just sounds like [Frostrup] was sort of admiring that character of Ross Poldark or physically how he looks or whatever."
When the photographs for the brand new collection have been launched to the media this month, virtually each nationwide newspaper splashed a image of Turner topless on their entrance pages.
"These photographs were stills form the show, so in context it makes sense," he says.
"When you pull them out and stick a photograph on the front page of a national newspaper it becomes something very different."
"We're not doing something in our present that... I imply, Game of Thrones in all probability has way more nudity, or Vikings, or any of those exhibits, than we might have.
"So I never quite understood why our show was picked in particular, or why these images were concentrated on more so than any other shows, or other images of actors who've gone topless for any s3x scenes..."
Asked particularly about Frostrup's argument, he stated: "It seems like there is a double standard, yeah, it does seem that way. But I try not to get involved in [that debate]."
Turner might have simply returned to our screens as Poldark, however he is additionally set to return to the stage for the primary time in 10 years, in The Lieutenant of Inishmore.
His fame has clearly grown considerably within the final decade, however he nonetheless feels barely unusual about his identify being plastered throughout the poster.
"I suppose you have to do it these days just to sell shows," he concedes. "Poldark does get a large viewers, so it is advertising and marketing nowadays, that is the best way it goes. But if I had my means we would all be on the poster.
"I'm the title character, but I think line for line I don't know if I have the most dialogue in the show, it's an ensemble."
"It is a bit strange to see my name on it. But it's quite nice, too. It has been 10 years and I have done quite a lot of work in that timemost of which I'm proud of," he laughs.
The play Turner's starring in was written by Martin McDonaghthe expertise behind Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, one of many large winners throughout this 12 months's movie awards season.
"I was aware of this play in drama school, but he's such a big name noweverybody wants to work with him," says Turner.
The darkly comedian play is ready within the early 1990s because the Northern Ireland peace course of is taking its first steps.
"It's incredibly funny, it's dark, I think Martin just writes these Irish plays so well, he just has this great twist on the language," the actor says.
"It sounds Irish, people do speak like that, but there's a musicality to it that's quite unique with Martin's work. He has a way of just pulling difficult subjects to talk about into his own unique light."
Turner hopes one aspect impact of the eye Poldark has introduced him can be bringing new audiences to the West End.
"I've been meaning to come back for quite a long time, it's just other things got in the way," he explains.
"Time simply goes so quick, does not it? I used to be in New Zealand for a couple of years for a job over there, then Poldark... and all of the sudden it is a decade.
"So it was just about time, I was missing it desperately."
He provides: "It would be nice if it had an effect on the public, and see if people who wouldn't normally come and see theatre might come and check it out."
The Lieutenant of Inishmore opens at London's Noel Coward Theatre on 23 June.