The fan-favorite House of the Dragon star is close to losing his role

In the second half of House of the Dragons, Emma Darcy takes over the role of Rhaenyra Targaryen from Milly Alcock after a period jumping into adulthood as a Targaryen princess. Most would agree that D’Arcy did a good job in the role, and has earned critical acclaim before game of thrones The finale of the first season of the first part. Turns out, they didn’t nearly snatch the role. Darcy and them Dragon house Co-star Olivia Cooke spoke with Hollywood Reporter. During the interview, Darcy explains that they were led to believe that the role would not go to them after all.

“It’s been about three months of self-recording in my living room in the middle of the pandemic, so it’s been amazing,” Darcy recalls. “I actually felt like I was living on an island and trying to make a movie or something, because I wasn’t really watching anyone or doing anything, but I was supposed to be on one of the biggest TV shows in the world. My partner and I collected a wig from Literally a bag of hair, and after three months of doing it, I was invited to do a personal test for four or five hours, and I did it, and then I was told, ‘You’ll hear something next week.'”

They continued, “And then I didn’t. Then I was told maybe he wasn’t going my way. And I thought, ‘Wow, that’s a real shame.'” I went out into the country, just for the weekend, to start my metabolism, and at the end of that week I got about 14 missed calls from my agent. I spoke to him the next morning to hear, “They’ve changed their minds!” Want to do that?’ Very strange, honestly. A very isolated process that apparently lasted half a year.”

In the end, the role went to D’Arcy, and they would come back for it Dragon housethe second season. The second run of the show will see the Seven Kingdoms fall into the Targaryen civil war called Dances with Dragons.

According to HBO, House of the Dragon averaged 29 million viewers in the US on HBO Max. The show’s season 1 finale has been the most watched finale on HBO since then game of thrones. The fact that viewership only accumulated in the first season suggests that game of thrones being.

Dragon house Filming for its second season is expected to begin in early 2023. The new season won’t debut on HBO until 2024.

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