"After the show came out, this is quite funny, I got told by hundreds of thousands of people that I was forcing my queerness onto the character, which is wild because we insinuated that there may be an undertone of gayness and everyone went insane."
"It's something we brought up with Clare Kilner, one of the directors we also work with for the younger version of the characters. It was something I was immediately conscious of when I read the script as a queer woman myself."
"I'm just actually in love with Emily and so I think that's it."
Emily Carey reported widespread online harassment after playing the younger Alicent Hightower in House of the Dragon. Carey said hundreds of thousands of people accused them of forcing queerness onto the character, despite the show implying an undertone between Alicent and Rhaenyra. Fans noticed and reacted strongly to the chemistry between the characters from 2022 onward. Milly Alcock joked that she was in love with Carey, and Carey said the queer undertone was discussed with director Clare Kilner and that she was immediately conscious of it as a queer woman.
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