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While tensions can run high between their ‘House of the Dragon’ characters, Emma D’Arcy could not be more thrilled to continue to share the screen with Olivia Cooke.

The pair return as Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicient Hightower, respectively, and both were in attendance for the ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 World Premiere in London’s Leicester Square.

Season 3 of ‘House of the Dragon’ will premiere on NOW in the UK on June 22, 2026. New episodes will be available to stream weekly Report by Burtonj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00She is not only my, like, dear, dear friend, but she's also, to me, just, like, a totally inspiring actor.
00:15Honestly, I think there's, like, I mean, this is my first time ever doing a recurring role.
00:19I've never sort of done that before, and I think there's, like, such an amazing privilege in it,
00:24because the character's sort of operating system gets honed and refined over time.
00:30And at this point, I get to go into work and really sort of trust that operating system
00:35and also allow myself to be kind of surprised by what comes out when you sort of run the programme
00:43and you put these, like, big, life-changing events in.
00:47Yeah.
00:48It's such a hard show to promote, obviously, because you can't give away spoilers in any capacity,
00:52so it can only go off with trailers.
00:54You and Olivia do share scenes in the new seasons, which is wonderful to see.
00:57Again, I've seen a partner you've had for a couple of years now with broad retentions and everything,
01:01but it seems to be that you have the best bonds as friends as well.
01:05How did you find working with her this new season?
01:07Is there any, like, new dynamics to the relationship that we might tease?
01:11Yeah, obviously, I was just profoundly relieved to get to, you know, share a screen with her again.
01:18And she is not only my, like, dear, dear friend, but she's also, to me, just, like, a totally inspiring
01:25actor.
01:25And so, you know, a joy and a pleasure.
01:28And lovely also to kind of go back to some of those poor relationships.
01:32Like, you know, Rhaenyra was sort of carved out alongside Alison,
01:36so there's something kind of, um, I think very productive about returning to some of those primary relationships.
01:43Uh, what changes this year?
01:46I have a hunch that Rhaenyra, um, still perceives Alison as her sort of judge and jury,
01:52regardless of how polarized their relationship becomes.
01:54And I think that, uh, that, uh, dynamic plays out in a way that's sort of really, uh, interesting and
02:01acute this season.
02:02Yeah, wonderful. I'm very popularly for me.
02:04Uh, which episode are you most excited for on Seen this season?
02:08I'm excited to watch episode two. I haven't seen any of it yet, but I'm really excited to watch episode
02:13two.
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