05/11/2016 AT 10:00 AM EDT  fans have something to celebrate in the  , aka the magical Red Woman responsible for the happy feat, Melisandre, recently revealed to PEOPLE that in addition to the heat she took from fans begging her to resurrect Snow, a couple of her family members were  interested in the return of the handsome actor who plays the Lord Commander,  Carice Van Houten as Melisandre on Game of Thrones  Helen Sloan / Courtesy of HBO  "My mother and my sister both have a crush on him," Van Houten tells PEOPLE in this week's issue. "[Kit] really enjoys when I say that. He's met my mother two times or something and he's always sort of flirty with my mother, it's really cute. My mother says at home, 'He's just like a son,' she's trying to hide the fact that she thinks he's a gorgeous man. He's really cute." The Dutch actress says that despite the long hours cast and crew spent filming the big resurrection scene, they found a way to have fun with it.  Kelly Ripa on the cover of PEOPLE  "I had a lot of fun with him in that sense, 'If only my mother was here,'" she recalls with a laugh. "And he has a ripped body, he's a beautiful young man. But most of all he's a really generous actor and a really sweet guy, but it was a long resurrection. For that little thing it was a long day."  "We shot the s--- out of it," Van Houten adds. "I've touched Kit's body, I've cleaned him I don't know, 55,000 times. To the point where I was like, 'Can he just wake up now?'"  airs Sundays (9 p.m. ET) on HBO.
A chat with Game of Thrones' resident resurrectionist Melisandre (aka actress Carice Van Houten) about her mother's warm fuzzy feelings for actor Kit Harington