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The actress who plays Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen on the HBO drama discusses her casting, creating young Rhaenyra and the ways the show surprised her.

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00:00House of the Dragon breakout Millie Alcock is opening up about landing her coveted role

00:04in the Thrones prequel series and the part that shocked her.

00:08The 22-year-old Australian actress, who plays Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, explained that

00:13she read for a mysterious character named Y.R., auditioning via Zoom.

00:17She also admitted to never having watched Game of Thrones, as she was only 10 years

00:21old when the original show debuted.

00:23Once she landed the pivotal role, getting the call at a friend's house, Alcock noted

00:27having to keep it a secret.

00:30I asked my friend if he had any wine, and I couldn't really tell him why.

00:32He thought something really awful had happened.

00:35Another shocker for the actress, Alcock discovered that the younger version of Rhaenyra wasn't

00:39simply a character who appeared in a few flashbacks, but was the main focal point for the first

00:44part of the season until Emma Darcy takes over the role for the rest of the show.

00:49I was surprised.

00:50I was just really shocked, adding,

00:51Alcock met with many of her dragon castmates ahead of production, but one performer she

01:03was discouraged from meeting was the other Rhaenyra.

01:05Me and Emma were like, let's meet up.

01:07We wanted to have a meeting with director Miguel Sapochnik and have a discussion about

01:11Rhaenyra's progression as a character.

01:13And Miguel didn't want us to meet, which was really interesting, so we never had that discussion.

01:17Miguel was like, just trust that you both have it.

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