Why ‘House of Dragon’ separated the older and younger actors for Alicent and Rhaenyra

Sept 22 (Reuters) – When audiences tune into HBO Max’s “Sport of Thrones” spin-off “The Home of the Dragon” on Sunday, there might be a couple of modifications.

The 2 actors, Emily Carey and Milly Alcock, who portrayed the younger frenemies, Queen Alicent Hightower and Princess Rhaenyra respectively, have been recast because the present time jumps a decade ahead for its sixth episode.

Olivia Cooke will now take over the position of the Queen and Emma D’Arcy might be enjoying the Princess. Whereas they’re enjoying the identical characters at completely different levels of their lives, the producers determined they didn’t need the pairs to fulfill throughout manufacturing.

Alcock informed Reuters, “There was no baton to cross on to. I did not converse to Emma. I’ve solely met them a couple of occasions, which is why this complete expertise has been so bizarre, being like ‘Oh we play the identical particular person, however I’ve by no means actually met you’.”

Confirming these stipulations, Carey mentioned on the “Home of the Dragon” premiere “It was form of made very clear fairly shortly that it was a alternative and never an accident that we hadn’t met and I feel what it’s, is that in 10 years you alter an enormous quantity, particularly once you’re seeing somebody go from little women into absolutely fledged ladies, there’s an enormous quantity of adjusting that occurs. It was nearly basically like we had been enjoying two completely different characters, two very, very completely different individuals.”

Cooke, nonetheless, was unaware that the pairs of actors weren’t presupposed to work together with each other, regardless of filming on the similar time, and mentioned she had talked to them at occasions. She solely realized concerning the association on the Hollywood premiere.

“I simply heard that they had been informed to avoid us and me and Emma by no means obtained the memo to avoid them, so we had been identical to ‘Oh my god, how are you discovering it? What is going on on?’ and perhaps that was actually unhealthy for his or her course of.”

Reporting by Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway; Modifying by Aurora Ellis

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