Milly Alcock says ‘House Of The Dragon’ fame “fucking sucks”

House Of The Dragon stars Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke have teased how their characters Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower have changed in the transition to adulthood.In the sixth episode of the Game Of Thrones prequel, set to premiere on Sunday on HBO, the show will jump forward a decade with D’Arcy and Cooke in the roles of Rhaenyra and Alicent, previously played by Milly Alcock and Emily Carey respectively.Speaking to NME about if the characters have changed over 10 years, Cooke said: “They have changed a lot. Think about yourself when you were 18, it feels like such a far away, different person.

House Of The Dragon executive producer and writer Sara Hess has suggested the show may depict sexual violence in the future, despite previously stating that it would not feature in the first season.Speaking to Vanity Fairy in August, Hess confirmed that the first run of the Game Of Thrones spin-off would not portray any form of sexual abuse, and that it would instead be handled off-screen.“I’d like to clarify that we do not depict sexual violence in the show,” she said at the time. “We handle one instance off-screen, and instead show the aftermath and impact on the victim and the mother of the perpetrator.”However, in a recent appearance on The Official Game Of Thrones Podcast: House Of The Dragon, Hess explained that the show would not “shy away” from sexual violence if necessary.“I would like to clarify that I didn’t say that we are not going to portray sexual violence ever,” she said.“I’m not saying that we are.

's storyline is set to jump ahead 10 years in Sunday's episode, a select group of young actors will be replaced by new age-appropriate performers. Alicent Hightower, who has until now been played by 19-year-old Emily Carey, will now be portrayed by 28-year-old Olivia Cooke. Cooke addressed the transition and what fans can expect from her character's growing rift with Princess Rhaenyra (formerly played by Milly Alcock, with Emma D'Arcy taking over this week) in an interview on Monday's . «I wish she was a bit more rubbish at her job so then I could go in and be like, 'Don't worry, guys.

House Of The Dragon star Fabien Frankel has said he planned one sex scene in the show for seven months.The actor, who plays Ser Criston Cole, opened up about filming the scene between his character and Milly Alcock’s Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in episode four of the series.“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 to Entertainment Weekly.“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.”In the episode, Rhaenyra returns home after kissing her uncle Prince Daemon Targaryen, before inviting her protector Ser Criston into her bed.“Anyone who’s ever had sex will tell you sex ain’t that beautiful,” Frankel continued. “It isn’t some picturesque, amazing thing.

Zack 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.”

Claire Foy and Matt Smith are paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. In the days since her death on Sept. 8, both of the actors, who starred on Netflix's as Queen Elizabeth and her late husband, Prince Philip, respectively, have spoken out about the late monarch in interviews. «I think that she was an incredible monarch,» Foy told  BBCat the Toronto Film Festival.

Katcy Stephan SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers through Episode 5 of ‘House of the Dragon,’ which aired on HBO on Sept. 18 and is streaming on HBO Max.  Emily Carey isn’t here for any Alicent Hightower slander. The 19-year-old “House of the Dragon” star knows her character may not immediately win hearts — the idea of your best friend marrying your father is a tough pill to swallow, after all.  But Carey insists there’s much beneath the surface for the young queen, who they believe deserves more sympathy.   “Marrying Viserys is a choice. But it was never her choice to make. The choice was made by the men around her. The amount of misogyny that Rhaenyra faces, Alicent gets just as much,” the actor tells Variety ahead of the series’ fifth episode. 

When you play the game of thrones, you win — or you stir up a few controversies. Game of Thrones and its spinoff, House of the Dragon, have been faced with tons of backlash over the years.

admitted to feeling ‘scared’ to shoot sex scenes in the HBO fantasy series due to the 30 year age gap with her co-star Paddy Considine. Carey, 19, plays Alicent Hightower in the House Targaryen prequel – Alicent marries King Viserys, who is played by Paddy Considine, 49.

Matt Smith is opening up about his character’s iconic white hair on the new HBO series House of the Dragon.

House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock has spoken out about the “gnarly” moment show extras were forced to “69 for 12 hours” during a sex scene on the latest episode of the series.The 22-year-old beauty, who plays Rhaenyra Targaryen on HBO’s Game of Thrones spin-off, described how the dedicated actors had to lie in a very intimate position with a total stranger while discussing the now-infamous kiss between her and on-screen uncle Daemon."There were extras who we had just met who were like, 69-ing for 12 hours," she said. READ MORE: Matt Smith winced over number of sex scenes in Game of Thrones spin-off showShe went on to tell the New York Post: "It's pretty gnarly, we felt pretty overdressed because everyone else was nude."The fourth episode shows her around the Westeros capital of King's Landing in disguise as she’s taken to a brothel by Daemon and the pair being to kiss.Daemon, played by actor Matt Smith, then runs off, leaving Rhaenyra to fend for herself before things go any further.Milly revealed she laid eyes on the shocking scene for the first time during filming after being taken to the location by director Clare Kilner, who “made sure that we hadn't seen any of the brothel stuff” before the shoot.She said: "That was our first time walking through the brothel, and he's guiding her through the room with all of these other bodies."So, that was quite shocking.

The Queen used to watch episodes of The Crown via a projector on Sunday nights, actor Matt Smith has said. Matt Smith starred as the young Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh opposite Claire Foy as the Queen for the first two seasons of the show. Viewers often like to speculate as to whether any members of the royal family watch the hit series, which chronicles their lives throughout the Queen's reign, and speaking to NBC’s Today Show, Matt has hinted that at least one member of the family has seen the show.

Matt Smith says Queen Elizabeth II watched ‘The Crown’ on a projector. The 39-year-old actor - who played Her Majesty’s husband Prince Philip for the show’s first two seasons - revealed that the late 96-year-old monarch was a big fan of the fictionalised version of her life and made it a part of her weekend ritual, according to what her grandson Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex told him. While appearing on the ‘Today’ show on Thursday (15.

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.

Ethan Shanfeld Aside from Westerosi politics and fire-breathing beasts, HBO’s “House of the Dragon” plots the demise of a friendship between Young Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock) and Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey), who marries Rhae’s father, King Viserys (Paddy Considine), and threatens her friend’s heirdom with a newborn son. As Alcock noted in an interview with Nylon, “‘House of the Dragon’ highlights yes, the patriarchy, yes, misogyny, but also the internalized misogyny that these two women are forced to face. They’re forced to be put at odds with one another by the choices by men.” Since the characters are set in opposition due to decisions made by their fathers, Alcock added that she finds it “ironic” that the show’s fan base — which is mostly men — is simultaneously pitting the characters against each other.

Emily Carey opened up about how she felt filming intimate scenes with an older co-star for House of the Dragon.

It’s not all glamour and glitz. House of Dragon star Emily Carey wasn’t exactly excited to film sex scenes with her costar Paddy Considine — given their 30-year age difference.

Emily Carey felt "scared" to film sex scenes for 'House of the Dragon'. The 19-year-old actress - who stars as Alicent Hightower in the HBO fantasy series - has confessed to feeling anxious ahead of shooting sex scenes with her 49-year-old co-star Paddy Considine. Emily told Newsweek: "It scared me because, at that point, I still hadn't met Paddy.

WARNING: Spoilers ahead for “House of the Dragon” Season One, Episode Four: “House of the Narrow Sea”.