(ANSA) - LONDON, AUGUST 16 - They grew up arm in arm in the rarefied atmosphere of the Red Fortress, which is the heart of the story, and are inextricably linked, until the patriarchal mechanisms of power set them against each other.
Among the central characters of 'House of the Dragon' - the prequel of the 'Game of Thrones' broadcast exclusively on Sky and instreaming only on Now from 22 August simultaneously with Hbo - there are Rhaenyra Targaryen, eldest daughter of reViserys, played by Milly Alcock as a girl and then by Emma D'Arcy as an adult, and Alicent Hightower, the daughter of the sovereign's right hand, to whom Emily Carey and OliviaCooke give the face.
"How did we explore this dynamic? Meanwhile we are really friends and on the set everything happened organically", Emily Carey replies with a smile at the roundtable with the journalists in London, on the occasion of the European premiere of the series.
"Your best friend, at 14, is perhaps the closest person to you, and you think she will be for life."
Their relationship has something platonic and romantic at the same time: "Between them - underlines the actress - there is a sort of attraction, a tactile exchange, they are incredibly linked".
Among the most frequent criticisms leveled at the imaginative universe created by Martin is undoubtedly the misogyny of power: "It is true - admits Carey -. It is present because it is necessary that there is, the commitment was to be faithful to history, to prove the truth of the facts. Women did not even dare to have a happy life. "
"I don't think the situation was very favorable for women at the time", echoes Milly Alcock, who, however, gives her character determination and resourcefulness: the young Rhaenyra, designated heir to the Iron Throne, is in fact a skilled dragon rider, close in his stylish hunting suit.
"Riding her dragon is for her a way to get closer to the power and freedom that men have", he stresses.
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