House Of The Dragon, describing an unfolding “web of lies”.Adapted from George R.R. Martin’s novel Fire & Blood, the HBO prequel spin-off is set 200 years before events in Game Of Thrones.
The show follows a war of succession among House Targaryen, known as the ‘Dance of the Dragons’.Alcock and Carey play younger versions of their characters, Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower respectively, who will be replaced by Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke as the show continues to jump forward in time.Speaking to NME, Carey teased how the show progresses during what’s left of their time in the role. “There’s a whole web of lies that comes about throughout the series in the time that we play the characters,” Carey said.“At some point, they start to disintegrate, and the web starts to unfold and there’s a huge… I’m trying not to spoil anything, it’s really hard.
There’s lots of discoveries and lots of confessions and lots of things unfolding – secrets and lies, very Game Of Thrones-y.
But there’s lots of scenes to do with that story that were very difficult emotionally and pushed me to places that I didn’t realise I had as an actor.”Alcock’s most challenging scenes involved the show’s big budget sequences with the dragons, which she describes as “not her favourite time on set”.“The dragons,” Alcock replied when asked about the most difficult scene to shoot. “Mate, I just didn’t know what to do with my face.
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