It’s hard to see some people as immediate sex symbols.
Even Ryan Gosling wasn’t making girls swoon 10 years ago, but one of the most unlikely actors is slowly creeping into sex symbol territory and he may be a little…um…shorter than you’re used to.
Playboy got a chance to sit down with none other that Peter Dinklage, whose role as Tyrion Lannister on HBO’s Game of Thrones has gotten him a lot more attention from the ladies. So much so, that there’s a YouTube video of two guys who literally sit around and discuss how much pussy Peter gets (their language, not ours).
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In a segment called 20 questions, Playboy got to ask Peter about everything ranging from his life in high school, to life on the set of Game of Thrones, and of course, his sex symbol status.
In response to Peter being considered a Dwilf, Peter says:
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.
On the “Peter Dinklage Gets So Much Pussy” YouTube video:
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.
On if he finds the word “midget” offensive:
It’s like the N word among short-statured people. The etymology of the word is not good, but some of us have made it our own. We add an e with an accent at the end, so now it’s midgeté—sort of a French version.
On being a dwarf in Hollywood:
I expected the entertainment business to see only my size and nothing else, so I wanted to pretend my size wasn’t who I was at all and do roles that had nothing to do with it. But I was completely limiting myself and my career, because it is who I am. Look at roles like Tyrion. My size is obviously why I got the part. I wouldn’t be playing Tyrion if I wasn’t this size.
Check out Peter’s full 20 questions by heading over to Playboy’s website. If you would like to see a couple of the pictures from the spread with Peter being the Dwilf that he is, check out the gallery above.
