House of the Dragon actor Emily Carey has addressed the complicated relationship between her character, Queen Alicent, and that of Rhaenyra Targaryen, played by Milly Alcock.
In an interview with Variety, Carey, 19, discussed her portrayal of Alicent, and the possibility that Alicent’s attachment to Rhaenyra has a romantic charge.
In the newly released interview, Carey said that possibility first came up when she and Alcock, 22, were still in rehearsals.
We were doing that scene, and Milly and I looked at each other like, ‘It kind of felt like we were about to kiss?