Olivia Cooke: Last News

Emma D’Arcy is one of the actors appearing on the new Game of Thrones prequel, House of The Dragon.

The trials and tribulations of Westeros are back in a new show from HBO set long before the smash hit Game of Thrones. Fantasy epic House of the Dragon brings a new era of family treachery, schemes, and all out war for fans to dive into.

Eve Best is set to be inducted into the Game of Thrones hall of fame when its debut series first airs on Sky Atlantic tonight. Fans will soon come to know her as Princess Rhaenys Velaryon in the eagerly-anticipated prequel House of the Dragon.

“I was 18, so I had a chubby face because I was a child. “I was like, ‘Oh my God, I’m in the movie business, someone’s asked me to lose weight. It’s happening.’”She explained when the cast found out, they began sneaking her food and she added the experience “traumatised her”. Olivia went on, claiming that the unnamed director would taunt her with plates of sweet snacks. The Vanity Fair star thinks the atmosphere in film production is now “more sly” since that time, with directors knowing how to “word it” now. Speaking to the Daily Mail, she said she tries her best not to worry about her body, after discovering she had cellulite at the age of nine. Despite trying to fight it, she does find herself “down the rabbit hole” of Instagram occasionally, looking at others’ bodies. House of the Dragon will arrive this weekend on HBO Max and Sky. The series is set prior to the events of Game of Thrones and follows the origins of the house Targaryen. In the UK, viewers will be able to tune in on Sky Atlantic and the NOW streaming service. Speaking in an interview from March 2021, after she had recently been cast in her role, Olivia said she didn’t watch Game of Thrones until after she had landed the role. Talking with Metro.co.uk at the time, she admitted she couldn’t jump on to the fantasy bandwagon. She said: “I only watched it once I got the offer.

The Game of Thrones prequel, House of The Dragon airs on Monday, August 22.

HBO Max is blazing a path to “House of the Dragon”.

We’re getting one last look at HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series House Of The Dragon ahead of its Sunday premiere.

, HBO released a fiery, new trailer for the prequel. The action-packed footage revealed on Thursday, much to the delight of fans, teased that “Fire Will Reign.” As previously reported by ET, the all-new episodes adapted from George R.R.

Crikey reported. The Aussie news outlet noted that the audience was audibly shocked.“It felt like he was expecting us to laugh along but people in the room were obviously shocked by it,” one partygoer told the publication, while another added: “There was a bit of a gasp.”Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, who reps the Aussie Greens party, said the comment “went down like a lead balloon,” according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

House Of The Dragon star Rhys Ifans said acting in the Game Of Thrones prequel was a great opportunity to work with “incredibly talented” actors he admires including Matt Smith, Paddy Considine and Olivia Cooke. The star-studded cast and creators of the series walked the red carpet on Monday in Leicester Square, ahead of the show’s launch on Sky. House Of The Dragon is a fantasy tale based on author George RR Martin’s Fire And Blood which is set 200 years before the events of Game Of Thrones.

The cast of the highly anticipated Game Of Thrones prequel House Of The Dragon gathered in London’s Leicester Square on Monday evening for the premiere of the new series. Former Time Lord Matt Smith, who plays Daemon Targaryen in the HBO series, donned a double-breasted black suit with a chunky silver chain over a black tie and sported slicked back hair while walking the red carpet ahead of the show’s launch on Sky next week. House Of The Dragon is a fantasy tale based on author George RR Martin’s Fire And Blood, which is set 200 years before the events of Game Of Thrones.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterAsk Fabien Frankel about his favorite “Game of Thrones” character, and the actor drops his head seemingly in agony.“Where to begin?” he says with a groan. “Oberyn Martell.

The stars of House of the Dragon have hit the red carpet!

K.J. Yossman The cast of “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon” made an appearance in London’s Leicester Square on Monday evening for the U.K.

is back as the HBO franchise rewinds the clock hundreds of years in time to explore the political intrigue and personal dramas of the Targaryens on , an all-new series adapted from George R.R. Martin’s . Co-created and executive produced by Miguel Sapochnik and Ryan Condal and starring Matt Smith, Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke and many others, the prequel finds the ruling house amid an intense battle of succession after the king fails to secure his line’s place on the throne with a male heir. While speaking to ET, the ensemble cast, including Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, and Steve Toussaint, breaks down their many characters’ roles in the ensuing political chess match that plays out after members of the extended Targaryen family make a claim for the throne. Chosen over Princess Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best) to succeed the Old King, Jaehaerys Targaryen, by the lords of Westeros, King Viserys Targaryen later finds himself in a similar predicament when he’s unable to produce a male heir and secure the line of succession. “Suddenly, when Rhaenyra’s mom dies while trying to produce an heir, she’s left without a mother.

The new HBO series House of the Dragon is premiering this month and the cast is continuing to promote the show around the world!

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British actress Olivia Cooke has landed a major role in the new Game of Thrones prequel but this is not her first big part. The 28-year-old has already taken on Hollywood, starring in a Spielberg movie.

“This was the planets aligning,” says House of the Dragon co-creator Ryan J. Condal about teaming with Game of Thrones EP and director Miguel Sapochnik on the new George R.R. Martin HBO spinoff series. Condal and Sapochnik had previously developed a number of projects together before House of the Dragon.

Excitement around the new House of the Dragon prequel series to Game of Thrones is mounting. With a star-studded cast featuring the likes of Matt Smith (Prince Daemon Targaryen), Emma D'Arcy (Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen), Olivia Cooke (Lady Alicent Hightower), Rhys Ifans (Ser Otto Hightower) and Paddy Considine (King Viserys I Targaryen), this is understandable.

Game Of Thrones spin-off House Of The Dragon.The actor, who plays Daemon Targaryen in the upcoming HBO series, addressed whether the spin-off will feature as much sexually explicit content as Game Of Thrones in an interview with Rolling Stone.“You do find yourself asking, ‘Do we need another sex scene?’” Smith said. “And they’re like, ‘Yeah, we do.’ I guess you have to ask yourself: ‘What are you doing? Are you representing the books, or are you diluting the books to represent the time?’ And I actually think it’s your job to represent the books truthfully and honestly, as they were written.”Asked if Daemon has his fair share of sex scenes himself, Smith joked : “Yeah – slightly too much, if you ask me.”Based on George R.R.