Now deep into its sixth season, Game of Thrones is in full swing with its most watched series to date.
And I think that speaks to the current climate.”Īward-winning actor Eve Best plays Princess Rhaenys Velaryon, also referred to as the ‘Queen Who Never Was’ as she was overlooked to ascend the throne by her grandfather, King Jaehaerys, in favour of her cousin, Viserys.Warning: this article contains spoilers for those not up to date with Game of Thrones season six. “I think the question of the show and the one that feels really pertinent, especially right now, is if you are a woman looking to rule, how do you convince an electorate? How do you convince male subjects that you are not other? And how do you unravel the prejudicial labels that stop women getting into leadership positions? Because we are still very, very, very, very evidently choosing men to lead. “I think we’re in a different climate, and that consciously and subconsciously affects both how it’s made and how it’s received,” they said. It was impossible, D’Arcy explained, not to reflect the world of today, and specifically the fight for gender equality, in House Of The Dragon. L-R: Eve Best, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Milly Alcock and Emily Carey attend HBO’s House Of The Dragon premiere in Los Angeles on July 27. New customers get a 14-day free trial and start streaming instantly. Stream House of the Dragon from August 22 on BINGE. “And so it seemed only right to cover that in this show, that needed to be a point of view that we had.” “Suddenly there was this awareness, that almost seemed like it was for the first time for some people, the inequality, the gender inequality that exists in our world,” he said. Sapochnik explained that with gender bias and inequality now huge issues in today’s society, producers wanted to reflect in the House of the Dragon storyline.
“The original show had very strong female characters, but the way that their stories were told and at times the way they were portrayed was not from their perspective, so that seemed important to shift perspectives in keeping with where we are in the world.”
“It was a perspective that hadn’t been covered in the original show,” House of the Dragon showrunner and director Miguel Sapochnik told Insider, sitting down in Los Angeles ahead of the first episode premiering this week. While female characters were very much key to the story of Game Of Thrones, prequel House Of The Dragon will deliberately shed a different light on often-brutal women’s stories in the fictional medieval world. It is time for the women of Westeros to shine.
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