Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon” has found more Targaryens.The HBO series has added three more key players to its cast: Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy and Matt Smith.Cooke, known from Amazon’s “Sound of Metal,” is set to star as Alicent Hightower, the daughter of Hand of the King Otto Hightower who was raised in the Red Keep, close to the king and his inner circle.
Described as “the most comely woman in the Seven Kingdoms,” Hightower has both “courtly grace and a keen political acumen.”Cooke has several other upcoming projects slated for 2021, including feature “Pixie” opposite Alec Baldwin and sci-fi thriller “Little Fish” opposite Jack O’Connell.
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