‘House of the Dragon’ Star Gayle Rankin on What It’s Like Being a Freaky Westeros Witch
House of the Dragon fans know there’s always plenty of uncomfortable drama filling the halls of the Red Keep. But season three’s nexus of cringe shifted far from King’s Landing in this week’s “The Dragon in Winter,” when the Targaryen urge for inbreeding took a particularly uneasy turn. House of the Dragon lets the intimacy play out long enough to make viewers fall for the ruse—after we all saw how repulsed Alicent was by that kiss in the season premiere.
- ▪House of the Dragon fans know there’s always plenty of uncomfortable drama filling the halls of the Red Keep.
- ▪But season three’s nexus of cringe shifted far from King’s Landing in this week’s “The Dragon in Winter,” when the Targaryen urge for inbreeding took a particularly uneasy turn.
- ▪House of the Dragon lets the intimacy play out long enough to make viewers fall for the ruse—after we all saw how repulsed Alicent was by that kiss in the season premiere.
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House of the Dragon fans know there’s always plenty of uncomfortable drama filling the halls of the Red Keep. But season three’s nexus of cringe shifted far from King’s Landing in this week’s “The Dragon in Winter,” when the Targaryen urge for inbreeding took a particularly uneasy turn. If you’ve read this far, you probably already know, but this week’s episode featured a love scene between Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) and his mother, Alicent (Olivia Cooke)—a scenario made more believable by the fact that Aemond gave his mother a lingering kiss on the lips when he departed for Harrenhal earlier in the season. House of the Dragon lets the intimacy play out long enough to make viewers fall for the ruse—after we all saw how repulsed Alicent was by that kiss in the season premiere.
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