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JOHN Hannah yesterday told how sex and sandals drama Spartacus will get even raunchier - because of "bad influence" Jaime Murray.
Sexy ex-Hustle star Jaime, 33, has ramped up the already red-hot temperature since joining the hit series based in ancient Rome.

Sex mad social climber ... Gaia
John, 48 - who plays wealthy gladiator academy boss Quintus Lentulus Batiatus - said: "You wouldn't think the show could get any further down the line but it's shocking. It's truly unbelievable.
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"There is loads of gore and even more sex.
"Jaime Murray is a real bad influence and she's the one that gets the House of Batiatus going.
"There are drugs and orgies."
The second series is called Spartacus: Gods Of The Arena.
The drama follows the bloody history of the House of Batiatus in the city of Capua before the arrival of iconic slave leader Spartacus.
John's character owns a ludus, or gladiator academy, and is married to cunning Lucretia, played by Lucy Lawless, 42 - former star of Xena: Warrior Princess.
Jaime - Stacie Monroe in BBC drama Hustle - has joined as Lucretia's close friend and sex-mad social climber Gaia, below right.


Four Weddings And A Funeral star John insists the new series will raise even more eyebrows than the first.
He said: "There is one scene where we have an orgy. It's shown as a kind of cool, drug-induced montage, so we needed lots of different sexual positions.
"You can show people having sex, but it's not that easy to find that many different ways.
"There are the two obvious ones - then you sort of run out of ideas.
"We got on the internet and had a look at some stuff for inspiration.
"But some of those positions hurt! It can be hard to get into some of them.
"It was kind of interesting." Scotsman John also revealed how he got red wine in his eyes during one sex scene - and suffered for his art.
He said: "If you're ever in an orgy and someone's like, 'Here, have a bit of Pinot Noir', just fill your cup first - don't try and suck it off someone's body.
"Because, honestly, it stings! It was really sore."

Red-hot Romans ... John, Jaime and Lucy in sex scene from new series
On his numerous nude scenes, John reaveled: "You never get used to it.
"There's me and then there's all the good-looking guys, so it's kind of odd."
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Despite the frolics, John insists the show is an historical drama accurately portraying life in Roman times.
He said: "It isn't at all salacious in a pornographic way.
"It tells the story and informs the audience of the world they're in, what their characters are like and what their attitudes are to each other, to slaves and to sex."
SPARTACUS: Gods Of The Arena starts on Sky1 on March 21.