House of the Dragon’s Aged-Up Cast Debuts in a New Clip

Last week’s very bloody, very on-model Game of Thrones wedding ceremony marked a flip for the sequence to leap forward in time on House of the Dragon. On Sunday’s episode we’re going to satisfy older Princess Rhaenyra, with Emma D’Arcy taking over from Milly Alcock, and Prince Laenor, now performed by John Macmillan. The good-looking and politically organized couple look to be totally dedicated to their vows and loyalty to their household, whereas Alicent (now performed by Olivia Cooke) pushes on with getting favor for the Hightower agenda.

Things are nonetheless messy years later (and attributable to get messier) on this HBO preview, wherein we meet up with Rhaenyra moments after she’s given beginning to her son as a result of Queen Alicent requires an viewers to see the kid.

The drama. While we solely obtained to see younger Alicent (Emily Carey) start to show heel on the pre-wedding ceremony feast/chaotic brawl, it’s apparent there’s been fairly a passive aggressive warfare brewing between the princess and the queen, one thing that may little question escalate now that there’s a brand new potential inheritor on the scene. D’Arcy’s steely energy depicts the older princess as a lady who received’t buckle to a problem—and who additionally went from a strong-headed lady who didn’t need to have kids to a mom who know understands the battlefield of beginning. We’re invested on this festering feud that we are able to’t wait to see go full Thrones when the oking dies… ultimately.

Things are getting spicy in Westeros and Sunday can’t come quickly sufficient.

House of the Dragon airs Sundays on HBO and HBO Max.

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