Emily Carey

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.

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' 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 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.”

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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.