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A Game of Thrones princess! Emma D’Arcy earned their first Golden Globe nomination for portraying Rhaenyra Targaryen on the GoT spinoff, House of the Dragon.

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Oh, stunning! Emma D’Arcy is happy their drink of choice — a negroni sbagliato with prosecco — has become a trendy order.

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Thank goodness Olivia Cooke didn’t take the original note that her character should come across as a medieval woman for Trump. When the British actor took over the role as Alicent Hightower in HBO’s House of the Dragon, she focused on how she’s coming from “a place of undying love and protection for her children.” Here, the actress reflects on her first season of the drama and how folks shouldn’t assume she’s a straight-up bad woman.

Fans of HBO's Game Of Thrones prequel series House Of The Dragon have endured brutal murders and incest scenes, but it was a foot fetish scene in Sunday's latest episode that pushed several fans over the edge.The latest episode — titled The Green Council — featured a dark scene in which Queen Alicent Hightower (played by Olivia Cooke) exposes her bare feet in order to get favors from Larys Strong (Matthew Needham).The clearly sexual scene had some fans up in arms, while others were happy to joke about the scene, which the episode's director Claire Kilner called a 'really dirty scene' while speaking with Entertainment Weekly. Didn't see that coming! Fans of House Of The Dragon were shocked while watching Sunday's episode when Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke) exposed her bare feet to Larys (Michael Needham) in exchange for gossipThe scene in questions takes place following the death of King Viserys (Paddy Considine) after a long, mysterious illness.His wife Alicent has determined that her son Aegon will assume the throne, and she claims that her husband expressed that wish on his death bed, even though his oldest daughter Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) was the previous candidate for the throne.Larys plans to share some gossip with Alicent that will help in her plot, but he requires a special favor before he is willing to share it: an unobstructed view of her bare feet.

end of episode 8, picks up immediately the next morning in episode 9, as Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke) starts making moves -- ones that seem to counter what was set in place by the king and his council many years prior. Not only that, but the queen’s sons prove just how much of a hot mess they are while Princess Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best) finally finds herself provoked to get up off the sidelines and take action in the battle of succession for the Iron Throne. As the penultimate episode set up the season 1 finale, which will surely end with a fiery fight between families, fans took to social media to share their thoughts about the queen’s change of plans and that shocking show of restraint that ended the aptly titled “The Green Council.” [: Spoilers for season 1, episode 9.] With the king now dead, after a miraculously long health battle that ended with him crying into the night, the queen wastes no time to start making moves of her own, believing that Aegon Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) is now the rightful heir to the throne -- and not Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy), who was previously promised to rule after her father’s death and even seemed to finally heal the festering wounds between her and her former best friend. However, the news of the king’s death is not yet widely known, allowing the queen and her father, the Hand of the King Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifan), to call their own small council (err “Green Council”) to determine the line of succession.

The last thing that Emma D’Arcy expected to become was a meme.

Olivia Cooke and Emma D’Arcy.In a TikTok video posted to HBO Max's verified account on Oct. 1, the  stars are seen discussing their favorite drink in the 20-second clip that has since gone viral and garnered more than 14.6 million views.

Fans of “House Of The Dragon” are annoyed with the frequent “time jumps” (two in 8 episodes, yes!) in the series. However, George RR Martin defended screenwriter Ryan J Condal and says that both time leaps have been “handled very well.”

House Of the Dragon season one.Throughout the first season of the Game Of Thrones spin-off, viewers saw various members of the Targaryen family through several iterations, with Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke replacing Milly Alcock and Emily Carey as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Queen Alicent Hightower, while Tom Glynn-Carney and Ewan Mitchell took over the roles of Prince Aegon Targaryen and Prince Aemond “One-Eye” Targaryen.However, fans had noted the omission of their youngest brother, Daeron Targaryen, who didn’t feature at all in the first season.Martin however, has since cleared up any confusion, explaining Daeron’s absence in his latest blog post.“Yes, Alicent gave Viserys four children, three sons and a daughter,” wrote the Game Of Thrones author. “Their youngest son Daeron is down in Oldtown, we just did not have the time to work him in this season.”Also in the blog post, Martin took the opportunity to praise the performance of actor Paddy Considine, noting that his portrayal of King Viserys was “more powerful and tragic and fully-fleshed” that his own written version.“Kudos to Eileen Shim, the scriptwriter, to Geeta Patel, the director, to our incredible cast… and particularly to Paddy Considine, for his portrayal of King Viserys, the First of His Name,” Martin wrote.“The character he created (with Ryan [Condal] and Sara [Hess] and the rest of our writers) for the show is so much more powerful and tragic and fully-fleshed than my own version in Fire & Blood that I am half tempted to go back and rip up those chapters and rewrite the whole history of his reign.He added: “Paddy deserves an Emmy for this episode alone.

House of the Dragon is a family drama like no other. The Targaryen family don’t so much have a family tree, but more a family circle, with brothers and sisters getting married and uncles and nieces sharing children… where else but the Game of Thrones universe?One of these children has grown up over the course of the series - Aemond Targaryen.He is the son of Paddy Considine’s King Viserys Targaryen and Olivia Cooke’s Alicent Hightower and back during episode seven he lost an eye during a fight over his newly claimed dragon, Vhaghar.Now a man, he is played by Ewan Mitchell, and fans are loving his portrayal, while the younger version of the character was played by Leo Ashton.Many have said Matt Smith’s Prince Daemond has carried the series so far, but that may no longer be the case.Ewan Mitchell is a rising star, with the actor’s most well known role so far being Osferth in The Last Kingdom.Fans of the series have followed him over to House of the Dragon, but that isn’t the only project he has worked on before the Game of Thrones prequel.In 2018, he starred in High Life, the science fiction drama led by Robert Pattinson.Earlier this year, he starred in Trigger Point as Billy Washington and in 2019 be played Tom Bennett in World on Fire.His first major role was in The Halcyon as Billy Taylor, with his on screen acting career starting just a few years prior in 2015 with a couple of short films.Now, House of the Dragon is his biggest project so far and judging from the response on social media, it will likely catapult his career to the next stage.On Twitter, one user wrote: “Whoever casted Ewan Mitchell as Aemond Targaryen, give them a raise immediately.

Emma D’Arcy is going viral on TikTok and not because of House of the Dragon.

House of the Dragon watch party, you've come to the right place. While the citizens of tend to imbibe beer, wine, and the occasional milk of the poppy, it's an Italian cocktail that has the fandom thirsty this week, thanks to star Emma D'Arcy's recommendation.In a clip that's currently going viral, D'Arcy and their co-star Olivia Cooke—who play Princess Rhaenyra and , respectively—reveal their favorite drinks, and D'Arcy leans in just a bit while describing a Negroni “sbagliato” style, which, as they explain, means with prosecco.

Game Of Thrones author George R.R. Martin sent him a text praising his performance in spin-off House Of The Dragon.The actor plays King Viserys Targaryen in the prequel series, set 200 years before events in Game Of Thrones. The series is adapted from Martin’s novel Fire & Blood, which documents a war of succession among House Targaryen known as the ‘Dance Of The Dragons’.Speaking to GQ Hype, Considine said he got Martin’s seal of approval, saying: “I got a text message that simply said: ‘Your Viserys is better than my Viserys’’.“It was from George R.R.

Game of Thrones was so sprawling that viewers had trouble remembering all the characters, many of whom didn’t meet until the final seasons, concerns itself with just the Targaryen family and those who marry into it. Like the Roys of Succession, the players here are vying to be the favorite at the moment their king, Viserys, finally dies, so they can inherit his title and powers. And the central conflict comes down to two former best friends: Rhaenyra, the king’s daughter and eldest child, named by him as his heir, and Alicent, the king’s second wife, mother to his only sons. Rhaenyra is by far the more likable of the two.

HBO has released a trailer for the latest episode of House Of The Dragon, setting up what looks to be a dramatic conclusion to the first season of the Game of Thrones prequel.In the episode eight trailer, which you can watch below, we can see that the story has been thrust even further into the future with a second time jump, with Aegon, Aemond and Rhaenyra Targaryen’s sons all being recast with older actors.The first time jump came in episode six, with Emma d’Arcy and Olivia Cooke taking over as the adult versions of Rhaenyra and young Alicent. The two characters had previously been played by Milly Alcock and Emily Carey, respectively.Elsewhere in the trailer, we see Rhaenys sat upon the throne at Driftmark in the absence of her severely injured husband, Lord Corlys Velaryon aka The Sea Snake.In a voiceover, Matt Smith’s character Daemon remarks: “The Sea Snake has taken a grave wound in battle in the Stepstones.”Another character later adds: “Who will take the Driftwood throne?” suggesting Rhaenys’ time upon it could be short-lived.After seeing Daemon get his hands on a precious dragon egg, the trailer then ends on an ominous note, with Rhys Ifans’ Otto Hightower warning: “The threat of war looms.”You can watch the trailer below.Last week, Game Of Thrones author George R.R.

House of the Dragon star Olivia Cooke has stunned fans after posing in racy lace lingerie.The stunning 28-year-old actress looked very different from her on-screen character posing a single-strapped fishnet dress over black bra and panties.Olivia, who plays Alicent Hightower in the HBO drama, is seen emerging from a red curtain showcasing her slim 5ft5in figure and pert posterior wearing three different looks in the video.READ MORE: Matt Smith winced over number of sex scenes in Game of Thrones spin-off showThe star was posing for Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty collection.Olivia's campaign came two days before she revealed that she suffered a “full mental breakdown” at age 22 in 2016 while filming Thoroughbreds and Ready Player One back to back.“It was bad, bad. Awful, actually,” Cooke told Observer Magazine.“It was a big old lovely cocktail.

GEMMA Collins stripped to a pink swimsuit as she showed off her shrinking figure. The former Towie star, 41, has been enjoying a luxury holiday with her family and fiancé Rami Hawash.

ACTRESS Olivia Cooke poses up a storm after netting a Game of Thrones prequel role. The House Of The Dragon TV star oozed confidence in a daring black lace set.

Savage x Fenty CEO Rihanna named House of the Dragon star Olivia Cooke the newest brand ambassador for her four-year-old lingerie line.In the sexy new campaign - which dropped Saturday - the English 28-year-old emerged from a red curtain wearing a single-strapped fishnet dress over black bra and panties.Olivia showcased her slim 5ft5in figure and pert posterior wearing three different looks in the video. 'Serving bawdy...