The HouseOfTheDragon star on playing young Rhaenyra, dealing with an intense fandom and why she admires Paul Mescal’s career.
star on playing young Rhaenyra, dealing with an intense fandom and why she admires Paul Mescal’s career.It’s one thing to take on a big role early on in one’s career. It’s another to step into the universe of one of the most massive fandoms on the planet, with some of the most opinionated viewers around.
I watched the original show when we were doing pre-production, because I was about eight or nine or something when it first showed up, so it wasn't really appropriate. So I would cycle to the library every day and just study it, as if I would for a test or exam, to try and get a grasp of what was at stake, because Westeros isn't Earth. So I spent a lot of time trying to contextualize what everything meant and how I could translate that to us, where we live.
What’s it been like, especially now that the show is airing, to be a lead on a series that is not only so popular but has such an engaged fan base with so much online discourse? It's like a part-time job, really. I don't know. I'm trying to not look at it and trying not to engage with it because it doesn't benefit me. It just makes me incredibly anxious. Me seeing my face constantly is straining. No one should have to do that. It fuckin’ sucks, man. I don't know how the socialites of the world can do that. It's kind of driving me off the wall. It's an incredibly difficult space to navigate.
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