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The sixth episode of the Game of Thrones spin-off series House of the Dragon Season 2 featured a same-sex kiss between two major characters. The kiss occurred between Queen Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) and Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno). Interestingly, however, Mizuno reveals that the same-sex kiss was actually unscripted.
As shared in a new interview, there were many meetings between D’Arcy, Mizuno, and showrunner Ryan Condal regarding the scene in which the kiss took place. The moment occurs when Rhaenyra and Mysaria share a tender moment after the events that transpired at Rook’s Rest. After opening up with one another, they embrace and clasp one another, and eventually kiss.
Here’s what Mizuno told The Wrap about the moment:
“It wasn’t scripted as a kiss. I ponder it was scripted as … there’s just breath between them or something, and then whatever happens is interrupted,” Mizuno shared.
She added the aforementioned meetings that took place to see how they all felt about the evolving story, with “many conversations” having taken place. D’Arcy appears to have been the one to hint the kiss be included:
“Because we were separate in the Warning: Dwelling of the Dragon spoilers to follow. When we sat down to watch the highly-anticipated House of the Dragon premiere on HBO, we expected "the usual" for anything in the Game of Thrones universe: violence; political intrigue; men freaking out about their (lack of) male heirs—and we got that stuff. But we also got a very pleasant surprise: OVERWHELMING QUEER VIBES—specifically, from Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and her finest friend Alicent Hightower, daughter of Hand of the King Otto Hightower. While the first episode primarily established the feud between Rhaenyra and her uncle Daemon Targaryen—both of whom will (presumably) vie for the throne after King Viserys' festering wound does its thing—we couldn't stop focusing on the relationship between Rhaenyra and Alicent, which seemed low-key—nay, high-key—romantic, if you ask us. The way Rhaenyra lay on Alicent's lap in the Godswood and told her she'd like to fly around the world with her on a dragon and "eat only cake"! The way they clutched each other's hands during the tournament! The way Alicent helped Rhaenyra 8 July 2024, 17:37 | Updated: 8 July 2024, 18:12 By Sam Prance Emma D'Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Milly Alcock and Emily Carey have responded to House of the Dragon fan theories that Rhaenyra and Alicent are in love. The House of the Dragon cast hold responded to theories that Rhaenyra is queer and in affectionate with Alicent in the HBO series. Ever since House of the Dragon debuted on HBO assist in 2022, fans have speculated that main characters Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock / Emma D'Arcy) and Alicent (Emily Carey / Olivia Cooke) are in love with each other. No matter what's happened, there's an undeniable connection between them and viewers contain wondered if their relationship is queer-coded. Now, Emma D'Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Milly Alcock and Emily Carey have said that they played Rhaenyra and Alicent as queer. House Of The Dragon Cast vs. 'The Most Unfeasible Game of Thrones Quiz' In a roundtable interview with Insider, Popsugar and Metacritic, Milly and Emily, were asked if the theories that House of the Dragon episode six introduced several new characters and a mark new Alicent, Rhaenyra and Laenor amid tongue removals, harrowing childbirth scenes and multiple fiery deaths—but it was a much smaller, subtle moment which captured many fans' attention. In the banquet scene set at Daemon and Laena's lavish residence in Pentos, the power couple are invited by the local magister to stay permanently and live in luxury, in exchange for the defensive power of their dragons. While the Targaryen prince is intrigued by the proposition, he is also somewhat distracted, having exchanged some whispered words and a rather loaded look with a handsome male servant. It is an interaction that barely lasts two seconds, but the Twitter fan account No Context House of the Dragon set about investigating, and later posted that there does indeed materialize to be a scene that was cut from the episode which later shows Daemon and the servant in an intimate position on the crenellations of the luxurious manse. They're in soft focus, with the camera foregrou
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