Necessary Realness: Who Slayed successful the House of the Dragon?
Emma D'Arcy is tapping in.
While fans are loving Milly Alcock's show arsenic Princess Rhaenyra successful HBO's House of the Dragon, it's clip for a new actor to measurement into the relation arsenic the bid makes a clip leap for the past 5 episodes of play one. Next clip viewers tune successful to the Game of Thrones prequel, Emma volition beryllium portraying the platinum blonde princess, alongside John Macmillan's older mentation of her husband, Laenor Velaryon, stepping successful for Theo Nate.
HBO gave viewers a sensation of what they tin expect from the Truth Seekers alum successful a Sept. 20 preview of the upcoming sixth occurrence successful which Rhaenyra has fixed commencement to her archetypal child, a babe boy, with Laenor. While the princess needs her rest, she's forced to locomotion done King's Landing, telling Laenor, "She wants to spot him."
The "she" Rhaenyra is referring to is presumably Queen Alicent Hightower, who will present beryllium played by Olivia Cooke. (Emily Carey portrayed the younger mentation of Alicent successful the archetypal fractional of the season.)
Laenor seems to beryllium an attentive, if ill-suited husband, offering to transportation the babe for Rhaenyra, who swiftly rejects the offer. "No," the princess explains, "she'll get nary specified restitution from that."
Laenor past asks if giving commencement was painful, adding that he "took a lance from the enarthrosis once." As if that could compare!
Here’s your archetypal look astatine Emma D’Arcy and John Macmillan successful adjacent week’s occurrence of #HouseoftheDragon. And I’m conscionable getting started. #HBO50 pic.twitter.com/iD9OLz5AVF
— HBO (@HBO) September 20, 2022The preview sets the tone for the pending Dance of the Dragons, a civilian warfare that sees Westeros divided implicit who shall beryllium connected the Iron Throne. Though King Viserys (Paddy Considine) had named Princess Rhaenyra as his authoritative heir aboriginal successful the play premiere, Alicent seeks to alternatively springiness the crown to her firstborn lad Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney).
May the champion Targaryen win.
House of the Dragon airs each Sunday connected HBO and streams connected HBO Max.
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