HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Cast Shares Incredible Audition Stories With Matt Smith, Milly Alcock & More

[@xpf15]

Steve and Eve give off so much husband and wife energy that they seem like that chill hippie couple that invites people over to their house for fancy boho dinners once a month lol.

[@thabstar2040]

aaaabsoluuuutely!! lol! you nailed it! they're sooo familiar with each other - its lovely

[@RealMexFoodShouldntGiveUDrrhea]

Paddy with the “I didn’t have to audition” 😭

[@FlowerTrollSan]

Yeah, he was their first choice and was simply offered the role and he accepted, lol. What a lucky man, but he definitely deserves it 😀

[@ccc0d]

@@FlowerTrollSan lucky for us as well. lol

[@shakespear7675]

@@FlowerTrollSan he has been amazing and adds so much to the show so I can see why they wanted him so bad.

[@ericconnor8251]

That answer had real "would you like to see the tapestries, brother?" energy there. LOL.

[@rishabhaniket1952]

Paddy is an indie legend. I know he won’t be long in the show but I am sure this exposure will help many people to discover his other works.

[@ConstantGardener-q9q]

Eve and Steve seem like an actual couple. They have such good energy together

[@ricecakejohnson]

Gonna miss Milly Alcock and Emily Carey when they are gone, but looking forward to Emma D'Arcy and Olivia Cooke for future episodes.

[@queenb2450]

No, but like I cannot wait for the older versions so much!! That's when the tension is the highest and the scheming occurs. Milly and Emily blew it out of the park - GOT has never had a weak actor

[@saheb_faizi]

@@queenb2450 if u have seen the newest ep then u cannot say that they are weak actors.

[@cmarnold78]

Why did they even bother? Doesn't look like much of an age difference when they are all out of makeup?

[@queenb2450]

@@saheb_faizi I said no actor is weak….your reading comprehension is lacking

[@Philipp.of.Swabia]

Yeah, I hope the older are also as good as they are.

[@Nocc2991]

These actors are absolutely amazing and they get along so well. Also adore how Olivia always helps Emma finish her sentences. They know each other so well. :]

[@greenmnl966]

IKR. Also part of actors instinct is to really blend well with each other since this series is anticipated to renew for more seasons.

[@English_MoFo]

Jessica lol you're funny

[@ShhhTalkshow]

@@greenmnl966 ppp

[@ShhhTalkshow]

Pp

[@YuChen-ih4gt]

The chemistry between Steve & Eve...

[@carebear2272]

Paddy Considine So far he is the most interesting and I think he’s a amazing actor in this show, and I would watch it for his acting alone, I can’t help but watch every move he makes you can tell he’s all in, phenomenal

[@leftofpunk]

I've only ever seen him in Hot Fuzz and World's End, so this was quite the shocker for me. He's goddamn amazing.

[@ericconnor8251]

@@leftofpunk He's also really good in that 2020 HBO miniseries "The Outsider" based on a Steven King novel.

[@kalecrystal4054]

Same He is a true character actor study

[@kalecrystal4054]

My favorite is the wedding party episode I watch and rewatch the episode to see his expressions upon everyone’s entry and the detail of his growing frustration as he was watching going’s on with him cutting at that bird/chicken dish (whatever dead animal it was they were eating) Oh my gosh it was so good!!!!

[@officialtbhoops]

@@ericconnor8251 He's great in Peaky Blinders as well. His character is someone you genuinely despise.

[@ambigious3854]

Lord Corlys and Rhaenys are so cute together! Just like old friends. This was so beautiful to watch!

[@ddll3879]

So much chemistry between Lord Corlys couple.

[@maester7778]

Paddy and Matt are such a hoot together...love these actors, so down to earth!

[@AliceAdorno]

Even off the show the actors of Rhaenys and Corlys get along so well, I love them 😍

[@angelwolf9904]

rhaenys actor is in nurse jackie

[@masontauci]

paddy just seems to have best smile so far. His smile just best feature in his face.

[@absurdist5134]

Seems like a very down to earth and honest kinda guy.

[@Christolphi]

The chemistry between all of these duos is so good

[@ye4us]

You can tell the show is gonna be good just by the chemistry of each of these pairs.

[@Argumemnon]

Steve and Eve are adorable. Loved them on the show, and in these interviews.

[@yassifytarotsubliminals]

steve and eve are such a power couple even off screen! its so good to see

[@denzelalba4715]

You can feel the love between them in the way they talk each other

[@henniyaelrharouadi5508]

About who are you talking about ?

[@erica5624]

@@henniyaelrharouadi5508 probably all of them

[@izzywilson6048]

I love emma and olivia’s chemistry can’t wait for them to be in the show

[@lerato1894]

It always baffles me how casting directors do what they do. with all the makeup and wigs Milly and Matt honestly look like such Targaryens but in their regular clothes they look so normal.

[@chrisconnor8086]

Touissant and eve best are so electric together even off screen

[@LexPyPlays]

Oh wooooow the chemistry between Eve n' Steve!!! I love this!!!

[@hawaiana2]

Steve Toussaint and Eve Best look like a real couple in every interview I have seen. I HEREBY PRONOUNCE YOU MAN AND WIFE! There....DONE!

[@ghettogyrl305]

Matt smith could have chemistry with a rock. Omg

[@shubhangbahadur7112]

Matt Smith as fking badass as Daemon Targaryen! He’s getting to do his own thing in this role unlike Prince Philip from The Crown.

[@JimNortonsAlcoholism]

The way Eve looks at Steve is something else.

[@teresafoster5818]

Milly was just phenomenal sorry to see her go

[@BlushGush]

Is it weird I find paddy most attractive irl but daemon hottest in the show?

[@imab125]

Paddy is def more attractive irl. I think it’s the hair. The long white hair doesn’t suit him and he doesn’t get to showcase that sparkling personality of his on HoTD!

[@kissmyass682]

@@imab125 it's the smile

[@robertwilson3866]

+BlushGush Not really because you mainly know the characters. No one is going to get too worked up over an old king. While a charismatic psychopath...

[@aL13711]

Emma D’Arcy’s voice is just so pleasing to listen to 😍😍

[@drowjack]

Yeah just narrate my life Emma

[@kellyalves756]

That’s “ plummy”, right, English folks?

[@Survivor2002]

After GoT blew Emilia Clarke's career into the stratosphere, I hope Milly Alcock is ready for what's coming...

[@jayc5373]

Emilia was in all 8 seasons, Milly, unfortunately is getting replaced soon by Emma D’arcy. Not exactly the same.

[@TessaxMusic95]

I already like Milly in the few episodes we’ve seen so far! I look forward to seeing her in future projects!

[@johnblue341]

Who wants to tell them

[@chrisgoodworld]

I don't know if Emilia Clarke's career was shot to the stratosphere

[@alaskayoung3413]

Well she’s super hot and does the job well so she’s gtg.

[@peterparker2979]

Matt MVP 2022. Hands Down.

[@Elsaer95]

Emma D`arcy really looks like a daughter of Paddy. What a cast!

[@SogonD.Zunatsu]

Paddy sounds like a Stark lol

[@arturturk5926]

Some fantastic actors involved in the show, great job everyone!

[@lalaluv.08]

Such a great cast and hot damn the show is great! Hate waiting a whole week for episodes but it’s always worth it! I’m hooked.

[@ShikiPirs]

Viserys is like the real king)) I WASN'T AUDITIONED, SO))))

[@robertwilson3866]

I heard he was asked to be in GOT but he turned it down and regretted it and then they asked him again for HOTD

[@annabalashova6417]

Matt is a pure fire ❤

[@angelwolf9904]

incredible steve toussaint !!

[@laprimaverrra]

Like GoT before it, the casting for HotD was brilliant. The downside is that every time characters are brutally killed off (or there is a time jump), you miss the actors more.

[@alvarocortez1919]

Are Steve and Eve a couple in real life??? They have so much chemistry.

[@esra_hancer]

Paddy's accent 😍

[@JarinCOD]

Alicent actors are the same, great job.

[@Mrlonefighter]

Yes! But not sure if the same can be said for Rhaenyras actors. Have loved Milly so far, but I have my doubts for the older version. They look like 2 totally different persons

[@1a2b3c4d2847]

I think Eve Best is the most gorgeous woman I've ever seen

[@EchaAnggara]

damn good casting, even not in character , their chemistry is amazing

[@tripradistawendraludong3558]

Olivia Cooke, Emmy D'Arcy & Milly Alcock ❤❤

[@janejane6754]

I love Paddy! ❤️

[@itrustmydealer]

I absolutely love Emma's voice 😍

[@ElenaShubinasLife]

Headteacher from Alfea got a promotion

[@meshiawriter]

Eve and Steve behave like an actual married couple. I guess they're character- actors

[@BIGDADDYONE101]

Premium actors 😎

[@haddock1306]

4:33 man i thought i was dumb as hell for a sec not recognizing which characters they were. They just havent been on the show yet 😂

[@sorush6735]

Great actors and good performances

[@n3493]

I love Milly!!! She's awesome!!!

[@Paul-ch4sr]

Damnnn! I didnt know that that velayron-guy was bald hahaha

[@Markinpuff]

Milly is absolutely gorgeous

[@Yo-cr9ol]

Lol Eve Best has hand gestures I can relate to

[@nathano786]

I’m still waiting to see the meme with Matt smith holding his sword at Otto Hightower but instead of his sword it’s the electronic screw driver from doctor who

[@tintiniitk]

King Viserys had shades of Ned Stark and King Robert in him.

[@milarosenrot]

How come all of them looks so good with silver hair haha

[@jaycollins2036]

Wow. Incredible.

[@RizztrainingOrder]

It is truly fascinating how empathetic a character can be made no matter how vile they are. For example I’m sure Daemon isn’t as loved by the peasants as he is by the fans. It blows my mind how good authors can have you cheering on and supporting incestous relations, racial supremacy, elitism, and cold blooded murder.

[@hectorae86]

Milly Alcock is f'ing gorgeous

[@rebecavlogs5957]

It's just me or Milly and Emily have too chemistry?

[@lexi9598]

As friends, yes.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

OMG! THEY’RE ROOMMATES! PS: According to Emily Carey, on the official HotD podcast, she sees a lot of queer subtext between her character and Milly’s.

[@maxbaltz2490]

You can definitely tell Rhaenyra is a dom lol. This last episode she definitely showed that.

[@rebecavlogs5957]

@@maxbaltz2490 Yeah LMAO Rhaenyra is TOP and Alicent is bottom

[@cleopatrasrevenge]

@@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive I knew it! Alicent's hurt in Ep 4 was bordering jealousy.

[@CatherineAaBb]

is it me or Matt's voice sounds like Jamie Campbell Bower's voice?

[@Mister_Skar]

I'm gunna miss these young actresses when they swap them. I wish they didn't have to but I've got faith the older ones will do a good job too they seem to have good chemistry.

[@j.diamond6014]

Paddy’s a great symbol for people with asperger’s

[@Hxnnxhssssss1]

First new subscriber

[@themightywhoosh5497]

Emma D'Arcy seems really sweet

[@Robisme]

I wish they kept the original actor/actresses. It’s easier to age an actress/actors than make them look younger. They did such a good job. This series looks like it’s going the distance too. I know the time jump was huge by episode 6. But in the first GoT, you could see the kids aging fast and the series couldn’t keep up.

[@jOrdanluver911]

What’s the song at the end??

[@videofabriken]

4:34 Who are they, Have we seen them in the series yet?

[@jordandudley8040]

Alicent & Rheanrys as older women

[@videofabriken]

@@jordandudley8040 oh no they’re gonna age?

[@alalaalalalalalaalla5625]

I wish I has D'arcy's accent😭

[@kirbylumanta1873]

king viserys looks like eric voss from new rockstar

[@ghostlobster6631]

Is it just me or does Eve Best look like she could be Christian Bale's mum?

[@kimtollefsen4078]

Emmy looks A LOT like Keira Knightly lol

[@temotivanow]

this guy viserys is a character of the Blitz movie, I like him

[@FRESHNESSSSSS]

This just highlights how bad the wigs are 😂

[@chuchu5923]

At first I didn't understand who Emmy D'Arcy and Olivia Cooke are... And then I read the comments... I hate timeskips in this show. And Milly had a very strong influence on the perception of the show, after changing the actors it can get worse

[@visenyatargaryen9130]

19 years old Emily Carey can not play a GRANDMOTHER. 22 years old Milly Alcock (who looks younger than Emily Carey) can not play a woman who has been through SIX pregnancies.

[@robertwilson3866]

I think most people worry about that but the other two actors were signed on first and then they looked for younger versions - see what Emily(?) said about zooming in on her nose and face. So hopefully they have found the perfect actors to takeover. There will be new younger actors too for the younger fanbase also

[@jmchez]

Does anybody understand why they needed older actresses, when the original two did such a marvelous job? Orson welles was only 25 when he did Citizen Kane and he played a young man, a middle aged man and an older man tremedously well and believably. All with 1941 make up technology.

[@visenyatargaryen9130]

19 years old Emily Carey can not play a GRANDMOTHER. 22 years old Milly Alcock (who looks younger than Emily Carey) can not play a woman who has been through SIX pregnancies.

[@AKA87BE]

They first hired normal age actresses, who will obviously stay for many seasons, and only then were searching for young versions.

[@strabe30]

I wish we could just keep the two younger actors in Milly Alcock and Emily Carey for the whole show. Milly is old enough to play herself in the future I’m not sure why they felt they needed to completely change actors when they go to the future. It’s sad to know we’re only going to get these two for maybe half a season max. Hell, their acting roles in the show may already be over.

[@yeetnama9094]

THIS!!!! Not looking forward to D'Arcy tbh

[@yeetnama9094]

@Pinkypunks32 YES, we are aware, but they could have drug the seasons out and used aging makeup.

[@cun2095]

@@yeetnama9094 hey i know u are getting attached to Milly now with young sympathetic Rae. XD But Emma was actually casted first before Milly. So the role of Rae has always been hers more. Rae's kids supposedly are almost the same age as (or older than) Milly'a young Rhaenyra. Milly has a young face and young voice (she's also thin and small), which makes her more believable as a teenager than a mother of five xd But yeah later in the seasons, when you witness Rae' growth as a woman who goes to war and how much she has changed, you would understand why a change of actor is needed.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

The two of them become grandmothers during the course of the story.

[@Lionspel]

@@cun2095 she could play Rhae's daughter Visenya haha

[@josephmedina635]

I didn’t know Yolanda Visser played Rhaenyra

[@dutkedu]

I know that you look to the fingers of Viserys .... i know!

[@imwelshjesus]

The innocence, naivete and ignorance on display in the comments section is so so underrated.

[@tony2shanks]

Steve Toussaint is 57?! Excuse me, what?!

[@jarosby]

Emily :3

[@XxS1l3nTxa1Mx]

Why did pady get it? Never heard of him

[@ttts3400]

He was in peaky blinders

[@leonrussell9607]

Cause he's a good actor

[@robertwilson3866]

He was asked to be in Game of Thrones but turned it down and regretted it. And then they asked him again for HOTD.

[@janeathome6643]

He's kind of an acting legend.

[@staceynicole8978]

Not going to like I wish that Paddy would have had shorter hair during the season. The long hair just got in the way. Now Matt on the other hand...yeah I love the long hair on Matt!!!

[@CodeLeeCarter]

#MillyAlcock was the show and now half the cast has been replaced,... #AmazonPrime, You Messed Up on this one!

[@showtimebruin7821]

Gods alicent’s younger actress is so hot.

[@eliananeurontin14]

Young Alicent looks a bit older than adult Alicent

[@nataliec4072]

Love how easy it was for the two cis het white men on the show to audition

[@cuzoronoi7190]

Relax

[@Justjackson7]

Should’ve kept the young actors literally don’t see an age difference honestly just a little bit makeup would’ve make them look little bit older

[@alexrundle3881]

Rhaenyra goes on to have six pregnancies, even with makeup Milly wouldn't believably look like the mother of teenagers when she is only in her early 20's

[@alexrundle3881]

Plus the older actors were cast first, and then the younger ones were cast to match them

[@ousmanjallow7866]

W

[@Umi-imU-We-Are-One]

All I care about is the 🐉's

[@chattcedric6321]

Great Casts. I'm following this Epic Story and just finished Episode 5. One thing that made me wonder is that how a Black Man had WHITE WAVY HAIR and not BLACK & KINKY. Seemed odd?

[@Bododolive]

He had dreads

[@chattcedric6321]

@@Bododolive Yes I know they're all WIGS or DREADS as PROPS. But have you ever asked or wonder why they're portraying BLACKS to have that kind of HAIR. Because it seemed that their Portrayals are kinda HEREDITARY since their Siblings, Sons and Daughters have the same HAIR. When in FACT, one of the dominant GENES of BLACKS that are very hereditary are their BLACK KINKY HAIR and not WHITE WAVY ONES. Not that I bash nor hate Blacks, I just want to put things straight. I haven't read the Books to check their Lineage, thus am wondering. Anyhow, the story is Fiction and as such anything is possible.

[@Bododolive]

@@chattcedric6321 no i mean he had bleached dreadlocks didnt he? And Which makes sense for a black character. The colour can be explained by a tradition of bleaching the hair to strengthen their camradarie with the Targaryen rulers or linking them to their past in old Valyria.

[@chattcedric6321]

@@Bododolive That's NONSENSE!!! Because you didn't get my POINT. Remember, NO BLACKS IN HISTORY HAVE EVER HAD A REAL LONG FLOWING CURLY WHITE HAIR. EVEN IF THEY GROW OLD STILL KINKY WHITE HAIR, NEVER STRAIGHT OR WAVY WHITE HAIR.

[@Bododolive]

@@chattcedric6321 no I get your point lol. Typing in all caps doesnt make it a better point. My point is, there are plenty of ways this could have been creatively explained. Thinking black people must have thick black curly hair on show at all times is a pretty heavy handed approach imo. There is plenty of reasons in the real world i.e hair extensions, weaves, dye, chemicals etc that allows black people to have a variety of hairstyles. Even more in a fantasy world. To say they are black so must have to show their curly thick black hair otherwise they arent authentic representations of black people is a narrow view.

[@infamousarsonist949]

Milly looks like benee 😬

[@stonuk]

Why are they all so camp in real life??

[@janeathome6643]

Because they're British.

[@Barbarossa-heir]

Why "dragon".. We all know that dragon are symbol of the Chinese throne! I wonder ?

[@alwaysright3369]

LMFAO and now they aren't even in the show anymore.

[@HashBandicoot356]

No reason for the time skip recast imo.

[@ΣαντοριναιουΔεσποινα]

It's absolutely necessary for the characters to be shown as we know them in the book.

[@HashBandicoot356]

@@ΣαντοριναιουΔεσποινα Replacing with completely different people ruins continuity more than using makeup and other practical effects to age them.

[@bananaphoneica229]

@@HashBandicoot356 yep

[@DyeLawn95]

I agree. Vikings never recast their characters (other than small children into adults) The series took place over a course of decades and the make up artists did a great job of aging their characters over time. Not looking forward to change in actresses.

[@ΣαντοριναιουΔεσποινα]

@@DyeLawn95 I feel the opposite. By the end many of the characters in the Vikings were ridiculously unconvincing with the fake-aging.

[@gennaro4941]

Need to fire whoever casted these actors...Bad job...