As Home of the Dragon Season 3 goes by means of manufacturing, certainly one of its stars has slammed the followers of the present due to the damaging reactions to the characters and their storylines. Olivia Cooke, who performs Alicent Hightower within the Sport of Thrones spin-off prequel, is grateful for the nice interactions, however she additionally says some followers have been “f-ing horrible.”
Cooke took a break from capturing Season 3 and sat down to speak with The Hollywood Reporter. The upcoming season of HBO’s fantasy present is about to enter its meticulous post-production course of, and there is nonetheless no launch date. The Bates Motel actor didn’t share particulars about Season 3 and simply stated, “They’re off capturing a battle in the meanwhile.”
Cooke, 31, used the chance to handle among the horrible encounters she has had with followers, saying, “They’re going to take an image, after which they’re going to be like: ‘We hate your character!’ Typically individuals do say that with loads of malice.” Viewers’ reactions to Home of the Dragon have been combined, whatever the sturdy following the present had in the course of the launch of its first two seasons. Cooke continues to clarify the poisonous habits she’s seen inside fandom circles:
“A number of the followers have been f-ing horrible to our solid. It makes me actually offended that we’re then supposed to simply bow down and [pay] obeisance to those those who solely wish to say probably the most debased, hate-filled issues. However fortunately, we have all skilled it in our personal manner, and we have got one another, which does not make it proper.
“I believe [it’s the] large feelings. There’s additionally been actually fantastic interactions, and I am so glad that Emma will get as a lot love as they do as nicely, as a result of they’re f-ing improbable and such a ravishing, fantastic human as nicely… Matt’s not a stranger to the fury of fandom so he takes it on the chin. He holds himself in a very beautiful manner the place he does not let it follow him.”
‘Home of the Dragon’ Season 3: Alicent Hightower’s Destiny Takes a Wild Twist
On the finish of Season 2, Alicent Hightower confronted a jarring dilemma. However she appeared positive of what she was doing when she arrived at Dragonstone to barter with Rhaenyra and keep away from a ruthless battle. Rhaenyra says she is going to solely do “a son for a son,” and Alicent accepts. She’s going to let Rhaenyra land on King’s Touchdown and declare the throne if Alicent can escape along with her closest ones. In idea, this does not embody Aegon as he’s the son she is freely giving.
Season 2 of Home of the Dragon noticed Alicent get additional entangled within the political net began by her father, and continued by her erratic kids. She’s powerless, however her final transfer proves that she will be able to nonetheless be harmful. Season 3 will in all probability see her character face a extra divided fandom than earlier than. Cooke talks concerning the character and the combined reactions by followers:
“I do really feel protecting of Alicent. I’ve to be empathetic, and I really feel f-ing sorry for her. I really feel she’s grown up into this patriarchal system, and he or she’s been brainwashed by her father to honor this lineage.
“[Alicent has] actually stirred up loads of emotions. It is odd to be on the receiving finish of that as somebody who has solely ever tried to convey her with as a lot complexity as attainable.”