HouseOfTheDragon Rhaenyra actor Milly Alcock reflects on filming episode 4’s very graphic brothel scene with Daemon Targaryen actor Matt Smith: 'You’re like, ‘This is kind of weird and silly.’'
Warning! Spoilers ahead for House of the Dragon episode 4.House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock reflects on what it was like to film episode 4's graphic brothel scene with Matt Smith's Daemon. Based on the novels from author George R.R. Martin, House of the Dragon chronicles the events of the Targaryen civil war about 200 years before the timeline of Game of Thrones.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY After an action-packed episode 3, which saw Daemon boldly defeat the Crabfeeder and quell the rebellion in the Stepstones, the hot-headed prince returned to King's Landing. Frustrated with her father's constant pleas for her to find a husband, Rhaenyra joins Daemon for a night out on the town, and the two eventually find themselves in a brothel.
“No, strangely enough. [Matt Smith and I] were just kind of mates. So, it was quite comfortable. We had an intimacy coordinator, and we worked with her through the rehearsal process and blocked it out months before. Clare Kilner, our director, made sure that we hadn’t seen any of the brothel stuff until we were shooting. So, that was our first time walking through the brothel, and he’s guiding her through the room with all of these other bodies. So, that was quite shocking.
The brothel scene in House of the Dragon is not just shocking for viewers, but it's also meant to be a little jarring for Rhaenyra, who has lived a relatively sheltered life. Kilner's decision not to let Alcock see the set ahead of time allowed Alcock to portray what Rhaenyra is going through in those moments more honestly. It's also not surprising that she and Smith worked with an intimacy coordinator for their romance scenes.
Game of Thrones viewers will undoubtedly be accustomed to the graphic nudity accompanying a Westeros journey. Still, House of the Dragon episode 4 had the added shock value of featuring a romance between an uncle, Daemon, and his niece, Rhaenyra. It remains to be seen what the consequences of Rhaenyra's journey into the brothel will be. Still, the character is no longer the somewhat naive princess she was before, setting the stage for the show's upcoming time jump.
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