House of the Dragon star Emily Carey reveals she deleted Twitter after fan backlash
House of the Dragon star Emily Carey has revealed that she stop Twitter after receiving a barrage of abusive tweets submit her look on the 2022 San Diego Comic Con (SDCC). The British actor, who performs the younger Alicent Hightower in HBO’s prequel sequence to Game of Thrones, mentioned she was trolled for her feedback on the present’s panel on the annual occasion the place she had mentioned how she constructed a backstory for her character.
“I love social media. I’m 19, so I’m all on social media, and I’ve been on social media since I was a kid because I’ve worked since I was a kid so I’m very conscious of things … Any hate that comes in, it’s just … It’s a person behind a screen. You just have to move on from it,” Carey informed the Australian web site News.com.au.
“But I will say I did delete Twitter (after SDCC) because it’s just so loud. Even when it’s good, there’s so many and it’s so loud. I love the buzz, don’t get me wrong, but sometimes it can be overwhelming, and that’s me being completely transparent,” the 19-year-old actor added.
House of the Dragon, which began streaming on Disney Plus Hotstar from Monday, follows the historical past of House Targaryen set 172 years earlier than the delivery of Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) and the occasions narrated in Game of Thrones, the epic fantasy drama which ended its eight-season run in 2019.
In July, Emily Carey had mentioned on the SDCC that she selected to humanise her character Alicent, which sparked outrage amongst die-hard followers of George R R Martin’s books on which the 2 reveals are primarily based.
“There had been some gaps that we needed to fill, so to determine all of it out I kind of began journaling, and… managed to provide you with some type of backstory, and it proved to be very helpful. I’ve by no means had the liberty to create an entire human being like this earlier than. So it was a lot enjoyable having the ability to go so in-depth along with her.
“There are so many layers to her. I think lots of people are already expecting her to be the villain of the show, but I think bringing her in younger, there was a lot more to explore,” she had mentioned.
Her feedback had been reportedly met with a backlash on the microblogging website because the customers argued that her character was a villain. At the time, Carey had reiterated her stance about her character.
“I stand by what I said in the panel. Alicent is not the villain, folks. When we meet her she’s a child, a product of the patriarchy. Just you wait and see. Maybe you’ll sympathise,” she had mentioned in a tweet, which she later deleted.
