Why House of Dragon separated the older and youthful actors for Alicent and Rhaenyra

When audiences tune into Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon on Monday, there will likely be a number of adjustments.

The two 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 will likely be enjoying the Princess. While they’re enjoying the identical characters at completely different levels of their lives, the producers determined they didn’t need the pairs to satisfy throughout manufacturing.

Alcock informed Reuters, “There was no baton to pass on to. I didn’t speak to Emma. I have only met them a few times, which is why this whole experience has been so weird, being like ‘Oh we play the same person, but I’ve never really met you.’”

Confirming these stipulations, Carey mentioned on the House of the Dragon premiere, “It was sort of made very clear quite quickly that it was a choice and not an accident that we hadn’t met and I think what it is, is that in 10 years you change a huge amount, especially when you’re seeing someone go from little girls into fully fledged women, there’s a huge amount of changing that happens. It was almost essentially like we were playing two different characters, two very, very different people.”

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

“I just heard that they were told to stay away from us and me and Emma never got the memo to stay away from them, so we were just like ‘Oh my god, how are you finding it? What’s going on?’ and maybe that was really bad for their process.”