The actor has spent the past two years fully immersed in the GoT prequel, HouseofDragon.
, a power struggle that threatened to tear the dynasty apart for the Iron Throne. Throughout the whole audition process, Cooke hadn’t and didn’t watch. “It’s a big commitment if I don’t get it,” she recalls thinking. But after signing on for the HBO project, Cooke watched all 73 episodes of the hit show in watch parties with her mother, and read George R. R. Martin’s novelis based.
Alicent Hightower’s arc is deeply emotional and follows the rivalry between her and Rhaenyra , Cooke explains “who [Alicent] loved so much, who really was her first love.” She adds their entangled narrative charts “how that love has metastasized over the years.
The wider cast also features several British actors —which Cooke says established an immediate commonality—including Rhys “funny f–ker” Ifans, who plays Cooke’s royal father in the series. “[There are] a lot of lovely working-class actors as well and we’re all playing royalty which is like, haha! F–k you!” She adds, chuckling and throwing up two fingers.
Our conversation drifts to preparation for the scale and anticipation of the show, if such a thing is even possible. “If I think about it too deeply I get amazing anxiety,” Cooke says. Throughout her career, Cooke has let her work do the talking. Butwill throw her under the brightest spotlight she’s faced yet. “Because I’ve never had [fame] and I’ve managed to be really fulfilled in the career that I’ve had, I think in my head it’s not going to happen to me,” she adds.
. She starred in the Spielberg film at 22, while her friends back home were at university. Did she ever want to go to drama school? “Yes,” she says, “but I didn’t get in. I was already working.” Her acting education took place on set. For, Cooke says she's grown considerably, and feels more sure of herself, but her voice trails off.
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