“The House of the Dragon” says goodbye to two of its main actresses

After five episodes of “House of the dragon”actresses Milly Alcock and Emily Carey, who play Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower respectively, will leave the HBO Max series. who will be in charge of bringing adult versions of their characters to life for the rest of the season.

This is because the episodes in which we are shown the youth of Princess Rhaenyra and Queen Alicent will come to an end, to take a step of 10 years in the second half of the series.

In the first few chapters of this “Game of Thrones” prequel, the storyline focused on the events leading up to the civil war between the Targaryens for the Game of Thrones, known as The dance of dragons.

Now the fifth chapter will be the last in which the aforementioned interpreters appear. It should be remembered that the plot of the series plans to cover three decades of history, which explains the 10-year jump in this first installment, as well as the change of actresses.

What other details do we know about the production of House of the Dragon?

This change of actresses has already started a debate on whether it could cause a problem for the public. The audience has already accepted the characters, so the change is sure to generate controversy. On the other hand, it must be said that the actors who play the same character within the series, but in different versions, were asked not to talk to each other about their interpretations, with the intent to make them seem like two different roles.

It was also known that George RR Martin He managed to see 9 of this season’s 10 episodes, before which he praised the direction of production. This, without a doubt, is a great sign for fans, both of his books and of the series.

As for the actresses who will leave the series for this second half of the season, Milly Alcock is a 22-year-old young actress, originally from Sydney, Australia. A curious detail is that when she was cast as the young princess Rhaenyra, she Milly she hadn’t seen “Game of Thrones”, as she was only a girl when the series aired.

Emily Carey is 19 and originally from London, England. She the actress and model played the young version of Princess Diana in 2017’s “Wonder Woman”, as well as young Lara Croft, in the 2018 reboot of “Tomb Raider”.