Gayle Rankin joins 'House of the Dragon' as Alys Rivers, a character she says is similar to Sally Bowles in 'Cabaret,' which got her a Tony nomination.
officially arrived in “House of the Dragon” during Sunday’s episode four, which is just the beginning for her character’s journey in the episodes ahead.
“What’s so cool about the ‘House of the Dragon’ and the ‘Game of Thrones’ empire and fan base is it’s kind of interactive in that the fans are really involved — which is both really new for me, but also really cool and a little bit scary,” Rankin says. “I also feel so confident in my understanding of her and my version of her, which isn’t always the case when you build character.
“What I found really important was to create a backstory for her that ultimately is mostly private for me, because I think an era of mystery is actually really important to the character,” she says. “I tried really hard to ground her as also a woman and not an ethereal creature, but a woman with wants and needs and feminine power that also is complimentary to the other powerful female-presenting characters in the story.
“There’s an untouchable , and not necessarily iconography for Alys, but she does carry a kind of power, certainly inside of the fandom and the books. She’s kind of an icon, and so is Sally, and those women sometimes are hard to want to engage with because you’re like, ‘How could you possibly get inside of that energy?’ But I love that challenge, and I’m humbled by that challenge because it’s hard and no one is always completely whatever you would call successful.
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