Emma D’Arcy, who plays Rhaenyra in the new HBO show, 'House of Dragons,' fills us in on her character and gives us an inside look into the series.
, the new series, which takes place 200 years before the events of, focuses on the platinum-haired Targaryen dynasty at a time when the family’s only real challenge to power was itself. At the center of the story is Rhaenyra Targaryen, who ignites a fierce battle for succession when she's named the first female heir to the Iron Throne.
“She’s grappling with these questions of identity and the restriction of womanhood from very early on,” Emma D’Arcy, who plays Rhaenyra as an adult, tells“That was the aspect of the text that really spoke to me—reading someone on the page who’s so young and already aware that the rules apply differently to men and women.”
When D’Arcy, who is nonbinary and uses gender-neutral pronouns, auditioned for the role, they had no idea they were reading for one of the most-anticipated projects of recent years—nor had they seen the original series. “I’m very naive, and the job was untitled, so I thought it was just another fantasy series,” the London-born actor says.
“Rhaenyra and Alicent are kind of ‘chalk and cheese,’ and that’s what enables such an intense friendship in childhood,” D'Arcy says about the dynamic between the future monarch and her shrewd confidante. "Alicent is able to decode a system that Rhaenyra doesn’t really understand. And Rhaenyra offers Alicent a rebellious energy that is sorely lacking in other aspects of her life.
“Meanwhile, Daemon and Rhaenyra are sort of made of the same matter. They're both humming with this Targaryen fire,” D’Arcy adds. “But Rhaenyra notices early on that, despite feeling incredibly akin to this man, the rules apply to him in a completely different way.”
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