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When audiences tune into HBO Max’s “Game of Thrones” spin-off “The House of the Dragon” on Sunday, there will be a few changes. The two actors, Emily Carey and Milly Alcock, who portrayed the young frenemies, Queen Alicent Hightower and Princess Rhaenyra respectively, have been recast as the show time jumps a decade forward for its sixth episode.
STORY: They are being replaced mid-season by Olivia Cooke as the Queen and Emma D'Arcy as the Princess.
In a bizarre move, producers decided they didn't want the pairs of actors to meet during production.
Alcock told Reuters "There was no baton to pass on to. I didn't speak to Emma. I have only met them a few times, which is why this whole experience has been so weird, being like 'Oh we play the same person but I've never really met you'."
Carey said at the premiere "It was sort of made very clear quite quickly that it was a choice and not an accident that we hadn't met and I think what it is is that in 10 years you change a huge amount, especially when you're seeing someone go from little girls into fully fledged women, there's a huge amount of changing that happens. It was almost essentially like we were playing two different characters, two very, very different people."
British actor Olivia Cooke, was unaware that the pairs of actors were supposed to be kept apart, despite filming at the same time. She only learned about the situation at the Hollywood premiere.
"I just heard that they were told to stay away from us and me and Emma never got the memo to stay away from them, so we were just like 'Oh my god, how are you finding it? What's going on?' and maybe that was really bad for their process. I'm not sure now. No, we didn't. They're amazing," Cooke said.
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STORY: They are being replaced mid-season by Olivia Cooke as the Queen and Emma D'Arcy as the Princess.
In a bizarre move, producers decided they didn't want the pairs of actors to meet during production.
Alcock told Reuters "There was no baton to pass on to. I didn't speak to Emma. I have only met them a few times, which is why this whole experience has been so weird, being like 'Oh we play the same person but I've never really met you'."
Carey said at the premiere "It was sort of made very clear quite quickly that it was a choice and not an accident that we hadn't met and I think what it is is that in 10 years you change a huge amount, especially when you're seeing someone go from little girls into fully fledged women, there's a huge amount of changing that happens. It was almost essentially like we were playing two different characters, two very, very different people."
British actor Olivia Cooke, was unaware that the pairs of actors were supposed to be kept apart, despite filming at the same time. She only learned about the situation at the Hollywood premiere.
"I just heard that they were told to stay away from us and me and Emma never got the memo to stay away from them, so we were just like 'Oh my god, how are you finding it? What's going on?' and maybe that was really bad for their process. I'm not sure now. No, we didn't. They're amazing," Cooke said.
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