House Of The Dragon: Milly Alcock On How She Learned To Act In High Valyrian
Milly Alcock, who stars as a young Rhaenyra Targaryen on House of the Dragon, recently discussed what it's like to act in an entirely invented language, in this case, High Valyrian). Taking to the House of the Dragon official companion podcast co-hosts Jason Concepción and Greta Johnsen, Alcock discussed playing Westeros' «punk princess,» as well as the third episode of the series, «Second of His Name.»
House of the Dragonhas been enjoying its place in the cultural zeitgeist lately. Ratings for the showhave been great for HBO, and a companion House of the Dragon podcast has been premiering alongside the series as it airs. Each week co-hosts Concepción and Johnsen interview actors from the series as they discuss the newest episode. For episode three, Alcock was the guest of choice.
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Concepción notes, in this episode, that in addition to learning an English accent (Alcock is Australian), Alcock had to act as a natural speaker of Valyrian. Rhaenyra frequently speaks with her uncle, Daemon (as portrayed by Matt Smith) in Valyrian, in addition to commanding her dragon, Syrax, using Valyrian commands. Alcock pointed out that the process was actually quite fun.
Alcock stated that the process was like «learning a song in another language,» explaining that she would first perform the scene in English before it would be presented to her on a printed-out sheet with a phonetic reading. She was also presented with an audio recording of the dialogue, and by the time she was ready to perform, Alcock says it was like she was on «autopilot.» After Concepción joked that she must have been speaking gibberish by the end of a take, Alcock jokingly agreed and
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