“House of the Dragon”: Matt Smith comments on the change of actresses in the series

“House of the Dragon”: Matt Smith comments on the change of actresses in the series

Actor Matt Smith, who plays Prince Daemon Targaryen in “The House of the Dragon”, commented on the exchange of actresses who play the character of Rhaenyra in the series, which took place in episode 6, which premiered this Sunday (25).

The series, which is a “Game of Thrones” prequel, jumped 10 years between episodes 5 and 6, titled “The Princess and the Queen,” which premiered this Sunday (25). Over time, Milly Alcock, who played Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in the first five episodes, has given way to Emma D’Arcy. In addition to Rhaenyra, Alicent, Laenor and Laena also changed the actors.

The change is bold, after all the main duo, Rhaenyra and Alicent, have changed faces, which requires an adaptation of the audience. However, actor Matt Smith, who plays Daemon Targaryen, the princess’s uncle who has a close and complicated relationship with her, praised the choice to make the change.

“I enjoyed having two actresses playing the same role because it did a lot of work for me,” she explained Total movie. “Even though you sometimes have to imagine these things, there was only a real, physical and energetic change between the two actresses which I found very useful and very fun to watch. And I think it really worked as a concept. “

Rhaenyra is played by Milly Alcock in her teens, ages 15 to 17, when she marries Laenor Velaryon. But as time went on, coming into effect in the very first scene of Episode 6, Emma D’Arcy assumed the role of Crown Princess to the Iron Throne, starting with the birth of Rhaenyra’s third child, and will continue in the role in i remaining episodes. .

But despite so many changes – going from a young princess in King’s Landing to a mother of three who must defend herself politically to take her place as her father’s chosen heir – Matt Smith reveals that the relationship between her character, Daemon, and Rhaenyra , will remain the same.

“I think there are only two people in the whole kingdom besides your dragons, who [Daemon] a kind of failure ”, he continues. “And one of them is Rhaenyra and the other is his brother. I think there is a deep affection and intimate understanding of each other, really, more than there is with any other character. “

So far, the characters of Daemon and Rhaenyra have yet to meet in this new phase. However, it is not new that the reunion between the two will take place, given that one of the images of the series released by HBO is precisely of the two, already with Emma D’Arcy.

The first six episodes of “House of the Dragon” are available on HBO Max. Episode seven of the series arrives this Sunday (2), at 10pm.

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