From viral cocktails to being scared to Google themself, the actor’s role as Rhaenyra Targaryen in the Game of Thrones prequel has made them massive. They talk violence, childbirth – and why those incest scenes are ok
Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon.From viral cocktails to being scared to Google themself, the actor’s role as Rhaenyra Targaryen in the Game of Thrones prequel has made them huge. They talk violence, childbirth – and why those incest scenes are okmma D’Arcy achieved a lot in 2022, but going viral was the least expected.
The role of Rhaenyra required an actor who could handle a baptism of dragonfire. Enfield-born D’Arcy, 30, started out in theatre and set design, starring opposite Ben Whishaw in the 2017 production of Against at the Almeida theatre. They continued to act alongside big names in small TV parts, including Toni Collette in the BBC’s relationship drama Wanderlust, and Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in 2020 supernatural comedy Truth Seekers.
When House of the Dragon aired in the summer, the global anticipation was enormous. D’Arcy endured an extra level of apprehension as they had to watch the reception of the first half of the series while “young” Rhaenyra was played by 22-year-old Milly Alcock. “It is a weird thing. We shared custody of this person,” they say. “As we got closer to episode six I was quite anxious; people had just lost actors they’d spent five hours with and connected to.
The Game of Thrones franchise has always faced criticism for its gratuitous violence against women. Another argument, however, is that this simply reflects the reality of women’s lives in a patriarchal world – so why ignore it? “It is a really natural process and one that has historically had an incredibly high mortality rate for women,” D’Arcy says on the traumatic births. “It is telling and interesting that that’s the thing we prefer not to see on screen.
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