viewers of house of the dragon you will see that some characters have changed a lot in episode 6, airing tonight on OCS. The plot jumps back in time by ten years, so some actresses have been substituted to match their character’s age.
Thus, Milly Alcock and Emily Carey, who play Rhaenyra and Alicent from the first episode, left the cast to make way for Emma d’Arcy and Olivia Cooke. Teenagers a week ago, now they’re in their thirties.
“(The plot) covers a long period, because the children have to get married, grow up and then have children who grow up in turn to tell the story of this generational war,” he explains to the hollywood reporter series co-creator Ryan Condal.
Other characters have been, or will be, replaced for the same reasons. Laenor Velaryon, the son of Corlys Velaryon and Rhaenys Targaryen has three interpreters in this first season, Matthew Carver, the children’s camp (in the first episode), Theo Nate plays the teenager (in episodes 3 and 5) and John Macmillan plays him as an adult from episode 6.
It’s the same for her twin sister, Leana Velaryon, played by Nova Foueillis-Mosé as a child, then by Savannah Steyn, and finally by Nanna Blondell beginning in the sixth episode.
Actor Ty Tennant also appears in episode 6. He plays Aegon II Targaryen as a teenager. Evie Allen, who plays Princess Helaena Targaryen, also arrives as a teenager in the sixth episode, after being seen as a baby.
The challenge of sticking to the novel
Since this series is derived from game of Thrones follows the plot of the novel by George RR Martin from which it is adapted, entitled fire and blood. Like the original telenovela, which was taken from the saga. the iron throne.
Viewers may recognize Olivia Cooke from the series sooner motel and heroine of Steven Spielberg’s film ready player one. As for Emma D’Arcy, she appeared in several series across the Channel and gave the answer to Keira Knightley in the movie. miss revolution.
Source: BFM TV
