In season 3, episode 7 of House of the Dragon, Gayle Rankin‘s Alys Rivers was involved in a hallucination sex scene between Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) and his mother, Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke). If you haven’t watched yet, spoilers ahead!
In a dream sequence, Alicent arrives at Harrenhal to seemingly fulfill the plan to attempt to lure her son out of hiding so he can be killed by the new Queen, Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy). The mother-son greeting turns into a passionate kiss, which then turns into a sex scene.
It’s then revealed that Aemond is hallucinating, and he’s actually having sex with new flame Alys Rivers.
Gayle chatted with Variety about filming the scene, which was obviously an uncomfortable watch for the viewers!
Of the scene, she shared, “It was very intimate and very odd but very professional. We tried to like make jokes, just to keep it lighthearted because those scenes are not easy and they’re complicated and very technical. So it was also just like it was another day at the office for being like a very odd, f-ked-up scene.”
And about filming that equally awkward dinner scene, she added, “Oh, terrible! I mean awful, but I kind of loved it. I think Alys is in her element but also kind of terrified at the same time. But I think she feels like the stakes are very high, and I think Alys thrives in that. I think she intentionally wants it to feel unbearable. You know, because she wants her to go.”
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