‘The House of the Dragon’: Milly Alcock tells what it was like to record the shocking and incestuous scene in the brothel

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* Let’s talk in detail about one of the most shocking scenes in 1×04 from “The house of the dragon”. If you haven’t seen the episode, read no further!

The last chapter of “The House of the Dragon” was full of shocking and revealing moments, but above all it had many scenes that we are used to seeing in “Game of Thrones”: explicit sex scenes. Our princess Rhaenyra has started making the decisions that make her happy, without thinking about the kingdom or the interests of her father, letting yourself be carried away by your desires and pleasures. For this, during the fourth chapter we finally saw the true nature of the relationship between the princess and her uncle Daemon, who ended up scandalizing the king. Actress who plays Rhaenyra, Milly Alcock, recounted what it was like to record the scene with Matt Smith, a totally explicit sequence that takes place in a brothel and portrays the incestuous character surrounding the Targaryen home.

In the previous episode we saw a glorious Demon for his victory over the Stone Steps, and returning to Westeros in this new chapter, with an attitude of pride, but also of submission to his brother and king, Viserys. The rogue prince meets his niece Rhaenyra in the Forest of the Gods, sowing the little seed that we will see sprouting in the following scenes, through the looks and gestures he throws at the princess. Later, they both meet on the streets of King’s Landing in the middle of the night, taking a stroll around the places the princess shouldn’t go to and now she visits with her uncle, both disguised to not be recognized. . The Targaryens drink and enjoy a night of debauchery, until they arrive at a brothel, where several sexual acts will take place that will impact the viewer and Rhaenyra.

The scene in the brothel has been heavily commented on on social networks due to its tremendously explicit and graphic nature. It all starts with the entry of uncle and nephew into the premises, where they witness a large number and variety of sexual acts, as they walk through the brothel. The whole environment, tremendously sexualized, surprises the young Rhaenyra, who She ends up succumbing to her uncle’s demands for attention and charm and they end up having sex with a large crowd enjoying carnal pleasures. Milly Alcock wanted to reflect on this scene and comment on what the filming in the brothel was like for her.

The actress explained to the New York Post, clarifying that she and Matt Smith worked with an intimacy coordinator months earlier to plan exactly how they would film the scene. Additionally, Alcock said that since she and Smith are “partners” It wasn’t as uncomfortable to record the scene as it was to watch everything that was happening around him in the brothel. He also made it clear that they were not allowed to see the brothel prior to filming, which made filming the scene a “shocking” and “convoluted” experience, due to the feeling that the actors were leaving the brothel by walking with them for the first time. so many extras performing different sexual acts.

In Milly Alcock’s exact words: “No, as strange as it may seem [Matt Smith y yo] we were a bit like colleagues, so we were quite comfortable. We had an intimacy coordinator and worked with her during rehearsals to define the choreography months in advance. Clare Kilner, our director, made sure we didn’t see anything of the brothel until the time of filming. So, that was the first time we went into the brothel, and he’s leading her across the room with all those bodies. It was quite shocking. You say “this is a little weird and absurd”. There were extras we just met who spent 12 hours in pose 69. It’s pretty convoluted. He gave us the feeling that we were too covered, because everyone else was naked “, explained the actress.

A scene with a lot of meaning and impact in the plot

This explicit scene in the brothel is not only shocking to fans, it will also be shocking to Rhaenyra, who has always lived as a princess protected by her father, but who now reveals herself to him and wants to make her own decisions. Also, thanks to the ban imposed by Clare Kilner on the actress not to see anything from the set in advance, Rhaenyra’s portrayal in this scene is much more faithfulbecause the actress suffers the same impact that her character suffers at that moment.

This scene is sure to have many consequences for the Westeros universe and the Targaryen family, who are used to incestuous relationships, but they also suffer the consequences and comments generated around them. We just have to wait for the fifth episode, which opens next Monday, September 19, to see everything that comes from this relationship and the fate of the princess, who has finally made the leap to freedom to take control of her life. .