Rickon Stark is played by Art Parkinson in the television adaption of the book series. During an interview with Flicks and the City in 2014, Parkinson mentioned that he was not allowed by his parents to watch "Game of Thrones" due to its adult content, apart from a few scenes that were related to him. In a later interview published in the "New Zealand Herald" on 7 April 2015, Parkinson admitted that he was put off watching "Game of Thrones" after seeing a 3-year-old child getting his throat slit in one episode. In a later interview with IGN, he admitted that he had begun watching the series.