The audience felt quite surprised, even shocked, when watching the intimate scene between two blood-related characters in “House of Dragon” – the prequel to the famous series “Games of Thrones”.
The New York Post recently reported that House of Dragon – the prequel to the Game of Thrones TV series – is a topic of discussion among the online community after airing the first four episodes.
In one scene, Princess Rhaenyra (played by Milly Alcock) has many lovemaking scenes with her uncle Daemon (played by actor Matt Smith) at a brothel. After the episode, the audience posted the hashtag #Daemyra with many disapproving comments. They do not accept incestuous feelings being shown on screen.
“The scene is too confusing. Why do you think there is a scene where you take your niece to a brothel?”, What am I watching?”… are some comments left on Twitter.
Meanwhile, Alex Lopez – a digital content production expert – expressed his feelings on his personal page that he was shocked when the incest scene appeared. “Are they uncle and nephew? The video reminds me of the brothers Jamie – Cersei in Game of Thrones,” Lopez wrote.
In an interview with Indie Wire, the lead actors said the scene put them through many challenges. Actress Milly Alcock (Princess Rhaenyra) shared: “Director Clare Kilner wanted us to be surprised and have real emotions, so he did not announce the scene in the brothel in advance. I was quite shocked and found it strange to scroll through a series of scenes. naked body”.
According to the actress, she had to perform nude scenes with many extras for 12 hours. Because they didn’t know each other before, this was a challenge for Milly Alcock.
However, Alcock feels lucky to have colleagues who always support him wholeheartedly. “Smith and I are friends, so we were quite comfortable filming sensitive scenes. In addition, the hot scene coordinator helped her feel comfortable during the filming process.
House of the Dragon is set 200 hundred years before the events of Game of Thrones. The film tells the story of the Targaryen family and their conquest and domination of the continent of Westeros thanks to their ability to control dragons. The key point of the film is that inbreeding relationships weaken the family and make its descendants unhealthy.
In addition, the civil war called Dance of the Dragons between the two sisters Princess Rhaenyra (the heir to the throne played by actress Emma D’Arcy) and Prince Aegon II (played by Tom Glynn-Carney) belongs to The Targaryen family attracts attention. The struggle for the throne after the king’s death, the uprising of large families… are factors that attract audiences.
