Sex Education returned last Friday and viewers can’t get over Game of Thrones’ Robin Arryn appearing among the cast.
Chances are you remember Robin, played by Brazilian actor Lino Facioli in one of two ways: either as the permanently breastfeeding brat or for his serious glow up when he reappeared in GoT’s final episode.
But viewers were shocked to see the 19-year-old pop up in a very different location this week as a student of Moordale High in the second season of Netflix’s teen drama Sex Education.
Lino plays Dex Thompson, a gifted student who competes on the quiz team a reluctant Maeve Wiley is forced to join.
With some high ambitions – he’s going to be the UK Prime Minister, obvs – and a love of Rubik’s Cubes, Dex becomes the object of another character’s affection and fans were thrilled to see the actor all grown up and striking out away from Thrones.
‘A great thing about Sex Education Season 2 is that the show knows people felt weird about being attracted to adult Robin Arryn on Game of Thrones, so they made him a crush and now it’s all okay,’ one viewer wrote.
it just clicked that the actor that played robin arryn is now in sex education season 2 pic.twitter.com/x4aClVxOEF
— ben (@gondorfell) January 19, 2020
A great thing about SEX EDUCATION Season 2 is that the show knows people felt weird about being attracted to adult Robin Arryn on Game of Thrones, so they made him a crush and now it’s all okay pic.twitter.com/wooirTMcVV
— Proma (@promawhatup) January 17, 2020
‘Robin Arryn walked so Quiz Head Dex could run,’ another added, while one Twitter user wrote: ‘Season two of SEX EDUCATION does so many things right, but no choice is more inspired than bringing GAME OF THRONE’s Robin “Hot Milkboy” Arryn back to my television screen.’
Lino is clearly loving getting back into acting post-GoT, writing on Instagram: ‘Check out Dex Education on @netflixuk @sexeducation !’ while captioning another set of behind the scenes photos: ‘Luv this lot <3 thanks for the good times :).’
Wait a minute…. did I just saw Robin Arryn of House Tully in the S2E2 of Sex Education? 😱 This is quite amazing!!!!!!!
— Dimple (@rdmplllg) January 19, 2020
Robin Arryn walked so Quiz Head Dex could run #SexEducation pic.twitter.com/iXhV6QGmlR
— Victoria Quested (@VictoriaQuested) January 17, 2020
N’aw!
If you’re anything like us, chances are you binge watched the entire new series in a single sitting this weekend.
Metro.co.uk liked season two so much we gave it five stars, writing: ‘Sex Education ends its second season as the most consistent TV show in the Netflix library – not just from series to series, or even from episode to episode but scene to scene, moment to moment. It was a true joy, delight and a pleasure to watch.’
Sex Education is available to stream on Netflix.
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