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The two actors, Emily Carey and Milly Alcock,
who portrayed the young frenemies, Queen Alicent Hightower and
Princess Rhaenyra respectively, have been recast as the show
time jumps a decade forward for its sixth episode.
Olivia Cooke will now take over the role of the Queen and Emma
D’Arcy will be playing the Princess. While they are playing the
same characters at different stages of their lives, the
producers decided they didn’t want the pairs to meet during
production.
Alcock told Reuters, "There was no baton to pass on to. I didn't
speak to Emma. I have only met them a few times, which is why
this whole experience has been so weird, being like 'Oh we play
the same person, but I've never really met you'."
Confirming these stipulations, Carey said at the “House of the
Dragon” premiere "It was sort of made very clear quite quickly
that it was a choice and not an accident that we hadn't met and
I think what it is, is that in 10 years you change a huge
amount, especially when you're seeing someone go from little
girls into fully fledged women, there's a huge amount of
changing that happens. It was almost essentially like we were
playing two different characters, two very, very different
people."
Cooke, however, was unaware that the pairs of actors weren’t
supposed to interact with one another, despite filming at the
same time, and said she had talked to them at times. She only
learned about the arrangement at the Hollywood premiere.
"I just heard that they were told to stay away from us and me
and Emma never got the memo to stay away from them, so we were
just like 'Oh my god, how are you finding it? What's going on?'
and maybe that was really bad for their process.”
(Reporting by Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway; Editing by
Aurora Ellis)
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