We spoke w/ Emma D'Arcy and Olivia Cooke about Rhaenyra and Alicent's evolving dynamic in 'House of the Dragon.'
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.
OLIVIA COOKE: Ultimately, just the humanity in the characters. You’re always trying to come from a complete prism of truth, even if that truth, for them, is morally wonky. Yes, that reality exists in Westeros, in King’s Landing. When you just deal with the human being at hand, I think it feels a lot more grounded than if we thought of what we were actually trying to make.
D’ARCY: Targaryens and their dragons are a relationship that starts at birth. You receive an egg when the baby is born, and if it hatches, that’s the start of a lifelong relationship. On the one hand, I’ve had cats that I felt that way about, and had a deep understanding, love and friendship with. For Rhaenyra, dragons are so embedded within Targaryen identity and power, and history. So many of Rhaenyra’s questions are about self-actualization and identity.
What is it like to explore that relationship, knowing what used to be there for them, and then how that changes?
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