We spoke w/ HouseOfTheDragonHBO stars Milly Alcock & Emily Carey about 'Game of Thrones' and the dynamic between their characters.
From co-showrunners Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik , who are also executive producers along with author George R.R. Martin, the HBO series House of the Dragon explores the Targaryen family with all the power, danger, rivalry, jealous, betrayal, murder and love that could either make them invincible or tear them apart.
EMILY CAREY: When the opportunity came about, we couldn’t wrap our heads around it because we didn’t know what it was we were auditioning for, at all. But when I found out, I couldn’t process it. I didn’t process it for about three days. It didn’t kick in until day three, that it was actually this show. When I started reading the script, I was like, “Huh, that’s me. That’s my character. This is crazy.” But I truly don’t think I ever fully processed it. CAREY: Yeah, it’s a whirlwind, for sure.
ALCOCK: For me, what weighed Rhaenyra down was the costumes, in a weird sense. And I don’t mean by the way that they look, it was more in the way that they didn’t let me move. That is the antithesis of what she faces within the world and her inability to move throughout it the way that she wants to. She’s physically restricted, so it impacted the way that I would approach a scene.
ALCOCK: Yeah, every day was just heaven, in a weird way. It was exhausting and demanding and very long, but what a privilege to get to work so hard on something that is going to be hopefully so special. ALCOCK: How do you live up to the greatest show of all time? You don’t. I don’t know. Or you do. I don’t know.ALCOCK: I guess we’re going to find out. It feels like there’s such a responsibility to old fans, and we have to live up to that. Ultimately, I know that we’re all here to try to tell a new and authentic story.
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