Emily Carey

2022 - 9 - 13

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'House of the Dragon's' Emily Carey Defends Show Structure ... (Newsweek)

House of the Dragon has so far charted several years in the lives of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock) and Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey), ...

"I think showing such a broad span of someone's life in such a short period of time is an amazing thing to do on screen. I think every time skip needed to be there and the show would be completely different if they weren't there. "It moves fast, it definitely moves fast and I think reading the scripts I was certainly like, 'how is this going to work?'" Carey said. "How are they going to make me look 14 at 9 a.m. Carey plays Alicent in her teenage years before Olivia Cooke will take over the role when she is an adult. A civil war amongst the

'House of the Dragon': Emily Carey Discusses Navigating Alicent's ... (Collider.com)

Emily Carey has portrayed the younger version of Lady Alicent Hightower, daughter to the King's Hand Lord Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans), and the actress has done ...

On the chances of a return for the pair of young actresses, Carey said, “It’s been spoken about, conversations have happened, but, in all honesty, I know absolutely nothing and I have no idea...of course, I would love to come back. [The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/house-of-the-dragon-emily-carey-milly-alcock-romantic-scenes-1235217556/), Carey has opened up about the challenges she’s faced in bringing the emotional side of her character to life. As actors, we bring a lot of ourselves to the people that we play. The death of the king’s wife offers a window of opportunity for the Hand to rise further and he takes it, manipulating both his daughter and the king Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) into a marriage – typical of Westerosi lords, we might add. Emily Carey has portrayed the younger version of Lady Alicent Hightower, daughter to the King’s Hand Lord Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans), and the actress has done a commendable job so far. Carey’s character Alicent is the teenage daughter of the Hand, the second most powerful man in the realm.

House of The Dragon: Emily Carey 'concerned' to film sex scenes ... (Metro)

House of the Dragon star Emily Carey has admitted that she was initially 'scared' to shoot sex scenes after watching Game of Thrones.

‘The first scene that I read from the show was my sex scene and my intimacy scenes. It was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be.’ [Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/house-dragon-emily-carey-interview-scared-sex-scenes-intimacy-coordinator-help-1741439), she said: ‘It scared me, because at that point I still hadn’t met Paddy. In the next scene, Alicent lies still while Viserys has sex with her. [uncomfortable](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/12/house-of-the-dragon-episode-4-has-extremely-uncomfortable-sex-scene-17346660/), the show has been praised for treating the difficult scene carefully. [House of the Dragon](https://metro.co.uk/tag/house-of-the-dragon/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P2_LNK1) star Emily Carey has admitted that she was ‘scared’ to shoot sex scenes in the fantasy series due to the 30 year age gap between her and Paddy Considine.

House Of The Dragon's Emily Carey Has Spoken Out About Filming ... (Pedestrian TV)

Emily Carey, AKA Alicent Hightower, has opened up about how "scared" she was to film an uncomfortable sex scene in House of the Dragon.

Yeah, it was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be.” I don’t want to make you feel uncomfortable but can I ask you…’ it was never any of that, it was just that open dialogue. And that’s why Emily Carey, who is only 19 years old IRL, is so relieved she had an intimacy coordinator to support her through it. The parallel between Alicent in the marital bed and Rhaenyra exploring her desires during the episode made me feel even sadder for Alicent. It wasn’t supposed to be a rape scene but it certainly felt like one. Episode four of House of the Dragon was all about different women’s relationships with sex.

'House of the Dragon' on HBO: Emily Carey was 'scared' of doing ... (MEAWW)

'House of the Dragon' star Emily Carey thanked her intimacy coordinator for making things easier during sex scenes.

Only a couple of episodes are left before the older versions of Rhaenyra and Alicent are introduced in the series. At the time of reading the script for ‘House of the Dragon’, the actress was only 17 and she turned 18 by the time they started filming. She noted that she was 17 when she got really nervous when she read her sex scene with Paddy Considine ( [King Viserys](https://meaww.com/house-of-the-dragon-on-hbo-how-does-king-viserys-i-targaryen-die)). [Emily Carey](https://meaww.com/game-of-thrones-prequel-house-of-the-dragon-who-is-emily-carey-alicent-hightower-queer-hbo), who plays the role of [Lady Alicent Hightower](https://meaww.com/go-t-prequel-house-of-the-dragon-alicent-hightower-transition-of-being-a-best-friend-to-step-mother) in the series, has revealed that she was really “scared” of filming sex scenes in ‘House of the Dragon’ because of how rough they were in the mother series. [House of the Dragon](https://meaww.com/profile/house-of-the-dragon)’ have made sure that the volume of sex scenes is much less compared to its predecessor. However, the depiction of sexual relationships between people was something that was criticized throughout the series.

House of the Dragon: Emily Carey reveals she was 'scared' of ... (Bollywood Hungama)

House of the Dragon: Emily Carey reveals she was 'scared' of filming intimate scenes – “There's a lot of violent sex and it made me nervous” Bollywood News: ...

“We had an amazing team, we had, of course, female directors, I worked with the amazing Clare Kilner who was fierce, and lots of women producing this show as well, and Sara [Hess], one of our writers, amongst many others in the writers room, I’m sure. “There’s a lot of violent sex, and it made me nervous. “Of course the first season, even just the first episode of Thrones, there’s a lot of violence upon women,” she said. Yeah, it was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be.” “I don’t want to make you feel uncomfortable but can I ask you…’ It was never any of that, it was just that open dialogue,” Carey said. I was a bit concerned.”

House of the Dragon could bring back young Rhaenyra and Alicent ... (PopBuzz)

Milly Alcock and Emily Carey will be replaced by Emma D'Arcy and Olivia Cooke after House of the Dragon episode 5. Listen to this article.

But of course, that all depends on whether or not the writers decide it's something they want to add. "You need to see a significant amount of how Milly and I interact to actually find that journey. "It’s been spoken about, conversations have happened, but, in all honesty, I know absolutely nothing and I have no idea,” Emily said.

Emily Carey praises “amazing” intimacy coordinator on House of the ... (Winter Is Coming)

Emily Carey (Alicent Hightower) talks about playing the sex scenes on House of the Dragon, Alicent's decaying relationship with Rhaenyra, and more!

“It’s ambitious, and it doesn’t always pay off [on TV] but I think as a viewer it’s so cool to watch when it’s done well, and I hope everyone agrees with me when I say that in the show it was done well.” “Alicent is kind of a pawn in his big game, but one of the first things that Miguel said to me was that she’s very acutely aware of the game of thrones, and she’s aware of the world that she’s in and where she sits in that world.” I was a little nervous about the show jerking forward in time so often, but I think it’s been very easy to follow, and based on how much buzz the series has generated, it seems other people agree with me. “I think she finds herself in that position and then she wants it, I don’t think she ever wanted it from the get go,” Carey said. But, I think it reads really well on screen and I think it was all needed. “I, of course, read the book for context, and was surprised to see that there wasn’t a huge amount of in-depth [information], it didn’t go in depth as such when it came to their friendship, and there was actually quite a big age gap between the two girls in the book.” And then as soon as we started doing the costume fittings and that kind of thing, [working with our] genius team behind the show, everything started to fall into place.” “I think the way they’ve approached this friendship in the show, first of all, is very different from the book [Fire and Blood, by George R. “I’ve never seen Game of Thrones before, and so in the pre-production period I sat down to try and watch [it] and of course the first season, even just the first episode of Thrones, there’s a lot of violence upon women. “But, it scared me, because at that point I still hadn’t met [Viserys Targaryen actor Paddy Considine], I didn’t know how much of a joy he was and how easy he was going to make [the scene], and all I saw was, you know, a 47-year-old man and me, I was a bit concerned.” Yeah, it was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. It was great, I think they approached this in the best way they could have done.

House of the Dragon: Emily Carey was 'scared' of sex scenes due to ... (The Independent)

'There's a lot of violent sex [in 'Game of Thrones'] and it made me nervous,' British actor said.

House of the Dragon airs weekly on Sundays in the US, with the UK premiere arriving 2am the following morning on Sky. I don’t want to make you feel uncomfortable but can I ask you...’ it was never any of that, it was just that open dialogue.” [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) The role is played by UK actor, [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. [Sign up](https://amzn.to/3wUCpW9) [ Milly Alcock also revealed in a separate interview that Game of Thrones’ “sexual violence” made her “uncomfortable”](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/house-of-the-dragon-game-of-thrones-sex-violence-b2158618.html). [Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/house-dragon-emily-carey-interview-scared-sex-scenes-intimacy-coordinator-help-1741439) in a recent interview. [House of the Dragon ](/topic/house-of-the-dragon-0)sex scenes because of how “violent” they seemed to be in the show’s predecessor, [Game of Thrones](/topic/game-of-thrones).

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