Fabien Frankel Spent Seven Months Planning One ‘House of the Dragon’ Sex Scene: ‘How Do We Make This Human?’
variety.comZack Sharf “Game of Thrones” was infamous for its gratuitous sex scenes, which is perhaps one reason “House of the Dragon” actor Fabien Frankel spent so much time working on just one intimate scene for the “Thrones” prequel series.
Frankel told Entertainment Weekly that he spent seven months working on his character’s Episode 4 sex scene with Milly Alcock’s Rhaenyra Targaryen. “It was something we talked about over seven months.
It was one of the first things I was very keen to talk about,” Frankel said. “The big thing for me was about it not feeling like another gratuitous, sweat-glistening-off-their-back sex scene, ’cause it’s just not like that.” “Anyone who’s ever had sex will tell you sex ain’t that beautiful,” Frankel continued. “It isn’t some picturesque, amazing thing.
It’s awkward, especially when you are young. There’s an un-comfortability that one has to sit in, and there’s a discovery and understanding of each other’s bodies — not to mention the practical side of the whole thing.” According to Frankel, he spent months texting Alcock and episode director Clare Kilner about the scene and asking them, “How do we make this human?” “I remember just saying to them, ‘There’s no way this armor comes off without the help,'” Frankel said, explaining that he fought to have the scene’s runtime dragged out with the long process depicting his character taking off his armor. “Knights would have squires, and squires would take off their armor.
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