Milly Alcock calls attention from House of The Dragon ‘f**king weird’ and ‘incredibly difficult’-Adam Miller-Entertainment – Metro

Milly Alcock isn’t loving the House of The Dragon attention (Picture: HBO)

House of The Dragon’s Milly Alcock isn’t loving being the centre of attention on social media and online following the huge launch of the Game of Thrones prequel.

The fantasy epic was one of the most highly-anticipated TV shows of all time, broke viewing records for Sky in the UK and has been pretty much universally celebrated as a massive success with critics and fans.

Milly, 22, stars as Rhaenyra Targaryen, the daughter of King Viserys (Paddy Considine) and is essentially at the core of the show.

But being part of such a huge machine comes at a cost in the digital age: the online discourse which has made Milly ‘incredibly anxious’.

‘I’m trying to not look at it and trying not to engage with it because it doesn’t benefit me,’ she told Nylon.

‘It just makes me incredibly anxious. Me seeing my face constantly is straining. No one should have to do that.

Milly has been one of biggest gifts in House of The Dragon (Picture: HBO)

‘I don’t really know anyone whose kind of gone through what I’m going through’ (Picture: Getty)

It fu**in’ sucks, man. I don’t know how the socialites of the world can do that. It’s kind of driving me off the wall. It’s an incredibly difficult space to navigate.’

Milly said she’s struggling to find anyone who can really relate to her experience or even come close.

‘I don’t really know anyone whose kind of gone through what I’m going through,’ she said.

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‘All of my friends are very normal and go to uni and just do very basic things, and my family’s not in the arts whatsoever, so it’s strange.

‘It feels like someone’s opened Pandora’s box and you’re kind of just looking through the looking glass. It’s a bit Alice in Wonderland-y. It’s f**king weird.’

The next episode in House of The Dragon will be Milly’s last appearance before she’s replaced by Emma D’Arcy following a significant time jump.

House of The Dragon is available to stream on NOW.

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