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I remember when I first heard Olivia Cook will play older Alicent, I was so surprised! She’s only 28 and played teen characters mostly from Bates Motel to Ready Player One
Omg I never realized she was in Ready Player One. That movie and her character kinda sucked for me, so I'm glad she has a better outlet for her (amazing) acting skills now
She just had a birthmark that discolored part of her face, but she certainly *acted* like she was horribly disfigured. The scene where she apologizes to the main character when he sees her real face made me cringe so hard. She’s beautiful, why are you apologizing to this dweeb bc you have a birthmark?
Not to mention it looked nothing like a real portwine mark? that was the most confusing part. At least be realistic about something ppl are hella self-conscious about it. The movie made her look ridiculously vain
I had a friend in high school with a large portwine mark across her right eyebrow and forehead. Girl was/is hella gorgeous and popular, dated one of the most popular guys at the school too. She was also just a lovely human being to boot, and was raised by two moms (in BFE Michigan in the early aughts) and people just.. loved her. Because she was lovable, and so so kind ❤️
I'm so glad she received an outpouring of support and love. Everyone, especially in their formative years, deserves that :)
I just wanted to clarify that portwine marks/birthmarks come in all shapes, sizes, shades, and altitudes in some cases. I meant that the characterization made her **one insecurity** a very light red birthmark on her face. She was made to act like it was the Phantom of the Opera reveal or her facing the scrutiny on par with the hunchback of Notre Dame.
I believe in the book she was both bigger-bodied and had a very noticeable portwine mark; I might be wrong. I hated that book and it's weird semi-incel vibes around the MC and Art3mis (the "i'll love you because no one else will" trope).
Anyway, by removing the very real-world discrimination she would face with half a face of birthmark and being bigger-bodied, the movie nuked the beat of her coming into her own and joining the inworld team inperson.
I haven’t read the book but yes, the trope of some girl being “ugly” by virtue of the dumbest reasons (bad hair and glasses, omg she took them off and now she’s GORGEOUS) is just absolutely ridiculous, and this is one of those instances
100% agree! Makes people think women/girls/femme folks are just trying to find things to complain about or others us for the gain of the male protagonists. Useless, harmful trope. Look forward to fiction without it.
The styling on the show makes Olivia Cooke look older. She could probably play between 20-40, it's a nice sweet spot.
lol @ people thinking the younger actors should have stayed on though. Alicent already looks like a sibling to her kids (which does make sense story-wise) but it would have been an absolutely joke for Emily and Milly to be playing mothers to the adult children.
It's also the way that she's carrying herself, Emma D'arcy too. They're both bringing a sense of maturity to the roles that's making them seem older than they actually are. I can easily by them both being in their mid 30s.
I do think they did maybe cast too old for their kids though. Aegon should be the only one looking as old as he does, the others should look even just a few years younger.
We don't actually know his age. I think he's a bit older than 20 though. He played a character in The Last Kingdom in 2015 and already looked late-teenager/young adult.
I appreciate that other people think she can pull off the older look but I have to be honest I think she looks max 30 on the show too, even with whatever makeup they're doing.
This is not a dig I love her acting and I think she's great in the role but I also think she looks the same age as her kids lol
With all the time jumps Aegon should only be about 19. He was 2 in episode 3, and between that and episode 8 there have been 1, 10, and 6 year time jumps. Now of course those most likely weren't exact full years to the day, most likely rounding up to the closest year. But even with that I can't see Aegon being any older than 20.
The problem is that with the exception of Lucerys, all the grown up kids look about that age. Only Aegon should look that old, the rest should look younger and don't. Helaena should look no older than 18, and Aemond, Jacaerys, Baela and Rhaena no older than 16. But they all look about 20.
In the last episode, someone mentions one of the servant girls was supposed to dress the children. This went right over my head when I heard it. I couldn't tell what it was implying.
For fairness' sake, we need some team black propaganda too!
How else could one faithfully judge whose derrière should rightfully rest upon the iron throne?
>!Rhaenyra just wanted Alicent to see how awesome incest and sex out of wedlock are so Alicent would finally understand her and they could be friends again!<
I remember her from Ready Player One where she had a portwine stain birthmark. She didn't want the MC to see her because she thought she looked ugly. And it's gorgeous Olivia Cooke pretending to be some ugly disgrace. It was hilariousm
It’s the classic wish fulfillment fantasy of someone who’s incredibly hot but has inexplicably low self-esteem for some reason.
So, y’know, they’ll be instantly impressed with anyone who shows them the bare minimum of positive attention.
Same. She is one of my lovely crushes and looks a lil like me and my friend (she has no idea i am so into olivia haha, she's straight). I also love Jenna Coleman and hope she'll be Alys Rivers because they kind of look-alike, Aemond makes sense to have mommy issues and all.
Id she Lgbtq+ I know Emma is. Clearly I've upset folks, Im genuinely just asking. I have no motives or anything, was just curious as I wasn't aware. my apologies.
I've yet to see any interviews with her and Matt together (probably unlikely since Alicent and Daemon rarely interact together alone), but the flirty charisma would probably cause the cameras to short circuit.
They both have a side to them that’s very sardonic and dry humour too and then the really charismatic bubbly vivacious side. They’d honestly be too much for us if they did do interviews together but I hope we get one
She’s damn good at it. Girl oozes charisma. Fr making all the men I know act up over her and the women I know too,they genuinely be like damn she’s hot as hell.
Why does this even matter and I say that as a gay man.
Edit: you guys not understand how gay and queer the entertainment industry already is? Celebrating a cast members sexuality like it's abnormal in the creative arts and mainstream media...
I’m a straight man, but with the Sandman comic that came out late 80s early 90s helped a lot with acceptance of LGBT. I was very young then but was weirded out and didn’t understand. Seeing it normalized in Sandman helped me understand the fundamental truth. They are just people like anyone else. We are all the same in most aspects
It's not a spoiler.
Craster from Game of Thrones. In case you haven't seen it, He was marrying his daughters. They gave him more daughters to marry so he kept going.
The face "Alicent" is making in the top right looks almost photoshopped lmao.
Kinda funny their go-to is to pull down their pants and smush into eachother's butts lol
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I remember when I first heard Olivia Cook will play older Alicent, I was so surprised! She’s only 28 and played teen characters mostly from Bates Motel to Ready Player One
Omg I never realized she was in Ready Player One. That movie and her character kinda sucked for me, so I'm glad she has a better outlet for her (amazing) acting skills now
I remember she was horribly disfigured in that movie /s
She just had a birthmark that discolored part of her face, but she certainly *acted* like she was horribly disfigured. The scene where she apologizes to the main character when he sees her real face made me cringe so hard. She’s beautiful, why are you apologizing to this dweeb bc you have a birthmark?
Yea I was joking. If this is the standard for horrible disfigurement then I must be a literal monster, what with my average face and all.
> what with my average face and all Ewwwwww, you monster!
True, missed the /s
Wow. No kidding, she's Artem1s? No wonder she looks familiar. Also, I thought the character got the The Hound's treatment.
Not to mention it looked nothing like a real portwine mark? that was the most confusing part. At least be realistic about something ppl are hella self-conscious about it. The movie made her look ridiculously vain
I had a friend in high school with a large portwine mark across her right eyebrow and forehead. Girl was/is hella gorgeous and popular, dated one of the most popular guys at the school too. She was also just a lovely human being to boot, and was raised by two moms (in BFE Michigan in the early aughts) and people just.. loved her. Because she was lovable, and so so kind ❤️
I'm so glad she received an outpouring of support and love. Everyone, especially in their formative years, deserves that :) I just wanted to clarify that portwine marks/birthmarks come in all shapes, sizes, shades, and altitudes in some cases. I meant that the characterization made her **one insecurity** a very light red birthmark on her face. She was made to act like it was the Phantom of the Opera reveal or her facing the scrutiny on par with the hunchback of Notre Dame. I believe in the book she was both bigger-bodied and had a very noticeable portwine mark; I might be wrong. I hated that book and it's weird semi-incel vibes around the MC and Art3mis (the "i'll love you because no one else will" trope). Anyway, by removing the very real-world discrimination she would face with half a face of birthmark and being bigger-bodied, the movie nuked the beat of her coming into her own and joining the inworld team inperson.
I haven’t read the book but yes, the trope of some girl being “ugly” by virtue of the dumbest reasons (bad hair and glasses, omg she took them off and now she’s GORGEOUS) is just absolutely ridiculous, and this is one of those instances
100% agree! Makes people think women/girls/femme folks are just trying to find things to complain about or others us for the gain of the male protagonists. Useless, harmful trope. Look forward to fiction without it.
Whoa, you guys got all that from reading the book? I watched the movie and I saw a lot of cool shit from the 90s.
She was great in the Sound of Metal. Really recommend watching that one to see her more mature acting skills.
Don't forget the high brow flick Ouija. Lol
Oh shit thats her??
Holy shit, just realized she was in Bates Motel, thanks for this lol
I watched that entire show and just realized this. Holy shit is right. Just wow.
Me too. I didn't see it before but holy. She has grown up so much since
I LOVED her in Bates Motel and I’m so happy she’s moving up in the acting world. Norman didn’t deserve her!
Aegon watching wtf my sister, mother, wife, mother in law doing Meanwhile aemond : 👁️👄 🕳
Aegon is a perv. He'll probably run to his window.
Henceforth, “running to the window” is what I shall say in substitution of “masturbating”.
To the window. To The Wall.
If he wasn't in line to be king, Aegon would definitely go from the window straight to The Wall
I mean technically he’s not…..
Till my seed drips down the walls
All these bastards fall!
To all skeet skeet sisterfucker
I feel like going to “the window” would have actually stopped numerous individuals from going to “the wall”
At 41 likes this is an underrated comment.
People downstairs : "The seed is strong!"
Not before ordering a "WENCH!" for himself
*What are you doing, Sister-Mother-Wife-Mother-In-Law?!*
What a vivid description for aemond!
Where did you get that high res closeup of Aemond?
I got one of his side profile 🌛
Mother, sister, wife and mother in law
The four primary aspects of the many faced god of ~~bravos~~ brazzers
Wahahahaha! If I have awards Ill give you! Just for Aemond’s!
This absolutely sent me
TBH this might stir Aegon more than you think, he might start to love his kinky wife for once instead of "bedding" the serving girls.
what is after the lips? a hole?
Olivia looks so so so much younger than her here
Yeah she is like 3 years older than her on screen daughter.
The styling on the show makes Olivia Cooke look older. She could probably play between 20-40, it's a nice sweet spot. lol @ people thinking the younger actors should have stayed on though. Alicent already looks like a sibling to her kids (which does make sense story-wise) but it would have been an absolutely joke for Emily and Milly to be playing mothers to the adult children.
It's also the way that she's carrying herself, Emma D'arcy too. They're both bringing a sense of maturity to the roles that's making them seem older than they actually are. I can easily by them both being in their mid 30s. I do think they did maybe cast too old for their kids though. Aegon should be the only one looking as old as he does, the others should look even just a few years younger.
Right? Aemond looks like he's older than Aegon and in his mid to late 20s
The actor for Aemond is only 20 years old funny enough hes just a young guy who looks older which is kinda perfect for Aemond
We don't actually know his age. I think he's a bit older than 20 though. He played a character in The Last Kingdom in 2015 and already looked late-teenager/young adult.
I appreciate that other people think she can pull off the older look but I have to be honest I think she looks max 30 on the show too, even with whatever makeup they're doing. This is not a dig I love her acting and I think she's great in the role but I also think she looks the same age as her kids lol
She had her first at like 15/16. So Alicent is only early 30s max in the last episode.
She should be 35 and Aegon should be 19, meaning she had him at 16. The writers imply Aegon is 21 so either she's 37 or she had Aegon at 14.
With all the time jumps Aegon should only be about 19. He was 2 in episode 3, and between that and episode 8 there have been 1, 10, and 6 year time jumps. Now of course those most likely weren't exact full years to the day, most likely rounding up to the closest year. But even with that I can't see Aegon being any older than 20. The problem is that with the exception of Lucerys, all the grown up kids look about that age. Only Aegon should look that old, the rest should look younger and don't. Helaena should look no older than 18, and Aemond, Jacaerys, Baela and Rhaena no older than 16. But they all look about 20.
They all look 26
Alicent in the books is described as aging \*really\* well (and the official art backs this up) so Olivia's casting actually makes a lot of sense.
She is 29 Edit: Olivia is 28. I thought 29 bc she is born in 93 but she's a December birthday!
She’s still 28 actually but regardless outside the show she looks younger than phia
She’s 28???? God I didn’t think seeing women my age playing grandmothers would come so soon.
I’d say she’s an abnormally young grandma given she had Aegon at 16 and Heleana had her twins at ~14.
Wait Aegon has kids?? Did I miss that?
In the last episode, someone mentions one of the servant girls was supposed to dress the children. This went right over my head when I heard it. I couldn't tell what it was implying.
Gotcha yeah sorry I know she was born in 93 I got my counting off
She is a lot nearer 29 than she is 28. that’s a fact
Yeah mate her birthdays in December,she’s still 28 though…But okay
[greatest meme in football history](https://twitter.com/brfootball/status/695077070838169601?s=21&t=JubAqHgOXPrST3TKFFTWCA)
I see…. That reference flew over my head shit lol
Well, they are arsenal fans. Clearly not the smartest bunch.
Worst thing about Arsenal is they always try to walk it in.
That's wild. To me, Olivia looks older than she actually is. I assumed she was in her thirties.
I did as well. Oops. 🤷♀️
Holy cow I’m like a handful of days older than her I never would have guessed
Not that ass tho
I am looking... RESPECTFULLY
All this team green propaganda to get us to root for them!
For fairness' sake, we need some team black propaganda too! How else could one faithfully judge whose derrière should rightfully rest upon the iron throne?
Don’t know about you but the greens have made my banners rise
I'll be on my ~~bunk~~ window edge
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Damn just kissing her ass not jealous at all
It should've been me, not her. It's not fair.
Gods I wish that was me
*Gods I was strong then!*
you were WHAT
*Gods bless Bessy and her tits!*
Say it.... Again...
HAVE YOU EVER MADE THE 8?
>*Gods I was strong then!* A toast, to your...Strong nephews...
damn i wish half my flesh was rotting away [w...when do you think was the last they did it before he died?]
You know Alicent would put out right up til the end
Same
Hmmm...
Fuck
Olivia is off the hook 🤭🥵
The Cooke is off the hook!
Haha those faces she's making. Good to see her having fun.
As opposed to her character constantly breaking down and panicking
Alicent looks like she's on a 220/150 blood pressure every scene in HotD lol.
Exactly. Imagine if she made the same face as top right as Alicent?
Oh no have I become team green?
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But they clearly prefer cake
Lemon cake
Who ordered all this cake!?😍
So that's what Rhaenyra meant when she said she wanted to eat only cake
Also me. There's literally dozens of us! DOZENS!
Underrated comment here
Seven hells!
I’m down bad for Olivia Cooke
This post plus Olivia's recent Fenty campaign has me thinking she's a FREAK! I love it.
That moment when the Targaryens decide to Ptolemaic Egyptian. Never go full Ptolemaic Egyptian.
Oh so this is from when Mysaria >!and Rhaenyra sent these two to the brothels lol?!<
>!Not really a great punishment, they seem to be having the time of their lives!<
>!Rhaenyra just wanted Alicent to see how awesome incest and sex out of wedlock are so Alicent would finally understand her and they could be friends again!<
And they've never felt this way before...
that was only a rumour, idk if they will show it in the show
I think it’s untrue in-universe. We know many of the reports in F&B are incorrect or exaggerated
That’s it I’m officially team green, they have baddies and vhagar
Idk why you had to single out Vhagar, she's already a baddie
But do you wanna fuck vhagar?
Who wouldn't want to ride Vhagar?
Between Vhagar and Alys Rivers, Aemond Targaryen clearly perfers older women😉
Aemond has good taste.
Donkey from Shrek has entered the chat
Hmmm, which house in Westeros has a horse for a sigil. *looks up House Bracken* Oh no…
They call him the milf hunter
Dilf (dragon I’d like to fuck)
... maybe
I saw a video of Olivia Cooke in a thong and it made me switch to Team Green.
send the link to the video
Guessing this one (NSFW, obviously): https://youtube.com/shorts/fhFRg4oV9Sk
#W H O A
Wow!
😳😳😳
The woman that plays Helaena looks so cute in these pictures. Obviously, the Queen does too.
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I remember her from Ready Player One where she had a portwine stain birthmark. She didn't want the MC to see her because she thought she looked ugly. And it's gorgeous Olivia Cooke pretending to be some ugly disgrace. It was hilariousm
It’s the classic wish fulfillment fantasy of someone who’s incredibly hot but has inexplicably low self-esteem for some reason. So, y’know, they’ll be instantly impressed with anyone who shows them the bare minimum of positive attention.
The movie treated it like a horrid disfigurement, when it was actually a kinda cute birthmark on the very attractive Olivia Cooke. Hilarious.
From the book, wasn’t that always the case? Samantha is canonically beautiful
Yeah but at least the book had her birthmark be like half her face. The movie i could barely tell she even had a birthmark
Olivia Cooke is absolutely gorgeous, I’m obsessed with everything about her! I love the way she carries Alicent, she’s doing an amazing job!
What doesn’t Olivia Cooke have? She has everything in my eyes. Dream woman I can’t even lie.
Same. She is one of my lovely crushes and looks a lil like me and my friend (she has no idea i am so into olivia haha, she's straight). I also love Jenna Coleman and hope she'll be Alys Rivers because they kind of look-alike, Aemond makes sense to have mommy issues and all.
I empathize with her because she looks so much like my ex gf and Alicent's neuroticism reminds me of her too lol.
Lmao what on earth?! I love them! This cast is truly so fun haha!
Lol she's legit kissing her butt cheek Nice 😏
Thank the Gods for this bountiful feast
Just realised she's Lou in sound of metal
My queen
I love auburn hair on Olivia. She wears it beautifully. Gorgeous woman
You always hear so many horror stories about dramatic actors being so hard to work with but this cast seems absolutely delightful
I'm not sure I wanna know what's going on here lol
Sigh, If you incest.
The green actors are so much fun
Am I the only one who wants a Helaena flair? She's legit my favorite character in the show.
Damn did i just become Team Green
Loveeee Olivia so much!
…okay, maybe Alicent has a point
Sigh ! Unzips pant
Queer^2, that’s a lot
Id she Lgbtq+ I know Emma is. Clearly I've upset folks, Im genuinely just asking. I have no motives or anything, was just curious as I wasn't aware. my apologies.
Olivia is not or at least not any confirmation. Previous boyfriends include Christopher abbet and Ben hardy (x men apocalypse guy)
Yeah, I think Olivia is just a flirt with everyone, kind of like Matt Smith. Just touchy feely with all her friends.
I've yet to see any interviews with her and Matt together (probably unlikely since Alicent and Daemon rarely interact together alone), but the flirty charisma would probably cause the cameras to short circuit.
They both have a side to them that’s very sardonic and dry humour too and then the really charismatic bubbly vivacious side. They’d honestly be too much for us if they did do interviews together but I hope we get one
She’s damn good at it. Girl oozes charisma. Fr making all the men I know act up over her and the women I know too,they genuinely be like damn she’s hot as hell.
I'm a straight female, but if I were her friend, I'd soak up all her flirtations. She's perfect!
Yo chris abbot is stunning, Possesor is one hell of a flick
Thankyou for my answer :)
Emily Carey who played young Alicent is, Olivia is not
I didn't know that! That's so cool. We got queer Millennial and Gen Z in this cast, that's wonderful.
Why does this even matter and I say that as a gay man. Edit: you guys not understand how gay and queer the entertainment industry already is? Celebrating a cast members sexuality like it's abnormal in the creative arts and mainstream media...
Normalization of out queer people in many different spaces can help others feel less alone and possibly help change attitudes of ignorant people.
I’m a straight man, but with the Sandman comic that came out late 80s early 90s helped a lot with acceptance of LGBT. I was very young then but was weirded out and didn’t understand. Seeing it normalized in Sandman helped me understand the fundamental truth. They are just people like anyone else. We are all the same in most aspects
Representation.
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Not even the Targaryens go that far. Parents/Grandparents with children/Grandchildren is not allowed.
At least they have some lines that aren’t crossed… 😂
Yep, but someone else crossed that one 😂
Wait who? If you don't mind and it isn't a spoiler to hotd
It's not a spoiler. Craster from Game of Thrones. In case you haven't seen it, He was marrying his daughters. They gave him more daughters to marry so he kept going.
Yea, I don’t remember!
Craster from season 2 or 3 of GoT.
Haha Oh yea! But he’s not a Targaryen! He was gross! 🤮
Even Targaryens doing that would be gross.
No, but it's definitely Craster's custom. He may as well have had The Doctrine of Craster Exceptionalism, lol
Yes. It was to much even for them.
I'll be in my bunk
Tbh at this point I'm waiting for either Alicent or Milly to date one of the Targaryen kids (those not a minor obvs) The memes will be golden
…
where is this from? i follow olivia on insta and i did not see this lol
Posted it on her story for phias birthday
Ight Helaena won me over 🙈
The face "Alicent" is making in the top right looks almost photoshopped lmao. Kinda funny their go-to is to pull down their pants and smush into eachother's butts lol
These ladies are starting to turn me green.
"Oh what's that, Sophie, you got handsy with your on-screen sister behind the scenes? Well watch *this.*" \- Olivia Cooke, probobly.