‘House of the Dragon Season 3′ has been stealing the limelight on the internet, with dramatic edge-of-the-seat plot twists and unprecedented deaths. Episode 2 recently premiered and Rhaenyra’s brutal beheading of Ser Otto Hightower has fans going wild as they predict the characters’ futures. Acclaimed actresses, Emma D’Arcy (who plays Rhaenyra) and Olivia Cooke (who plays Alicent Hightower), break down the reactions and drop hints about the course, as the characters’ meeting didn’t go as expected.Here’s a closer look at Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke’s ‘House of the Dragon Season 3’ breakdown.
Olivia Cooke claims Alicent Hightower has a lot to process
In the newly released episode, Rhaenyra returns to King’s Landing and wishes to acquire the Iron Throne. With Daemon’s encouragement, Otto Hightower was brutally beheaded. Meanwhile, Alicent Hightower enters the room to see her father lying on the floor and Rhaenyra sitting on the throne. Commenting on the moment, actress Olivia Cooke told PEOPLE, “There’s a lot here that Alicent doesn’t understand,” before adding, “[She] he doesn’t know what happened“While Alicent hasn’t thought much of anything until now, Cooke believes the character’s arc is ready to evolve. “I think she’s like, OK, I’ve made this deal with Rhaenyra,” he said, continuing, “This feels like a very public display of that assertion of power. I think Alicent is like, ‘OK, well, screw you.’
Emma D’Arcy believes that Rhaenyra is subject to the horror of violence
During the final moments of the episode, Emma D’Arcy believes that Rhaenyra crossed a line, but the powerful position demands it. “I think there’s an important point the show makes about rulers of any kind being insulated from their acts of violence. And at this point, Rhaenyra is not insulated. She’s actually subject to the kind of viscerality and horror of the violence,” the actress expressed, adding, “I think there’s a threshold that’s crossed, for better or worse.“‘House of the Dragon Season 3’ continues to have a weekly release on JioHotstar.