Necessary Realness: Who Slayed successful the House of the Dragon?

The stars of House of the Dragon are putting retired immoderate arguable casting fires. 

With the quality that Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, played by Milly Alcock, and Alicent Hightower, played by Emily Carey, would beryllium re-cast arsenic the Game of Thrones prequel series takes a ten-year clip leap successful the sixth episode, immoderate viewers mourned the nonaccomplishment of the actresses they had hardly gotten to know.

"I besides deliberation radical would person little of a hard clip processing the re-casting of the leads if it wasn't done mid-season," one instrumentality wrote connected Twitter. "Look astatine The Crown—everyone understands the request to power retired actors each 2 seasons."

Another viewer wrote, "She came, she conquered & present she's gone. The amusement won't beryllium the aforesaid without Milly Alcock."

However, 2 of the series' starring men recovered the re-casting process to beryllium rather successful.

"It was brilliant, actually," Matt Smith, who plays Prince Daemon Targaryen, exclusively told E! News, "because I deliberation they've done superb work."

Moving forward, Rhaenyra volition beryllium played by Emma D'Arcy and Alicent volition beryllium played by Olivia Cooke. 

Smith went connected to further compliment the decision, explaining, "It gave you a wholly antithetic discourse for the property happening to play off."

And helium wasn't alone.

Paddy Considine, who plays King Viserys Targaryen, besides appreciated the extent it brought to the proceedings.