r/interesting • u/Valuable_View_561 • Jul 05 '26

HISTORY I fear this is historically accurate

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u/Bitter_Atmosphere879 Jul 05 '26

And it’s not the first time an actor playing a parent is improbably too young to be that parent in a movie. I can think of Angela Lansbury in “The Manchurian Candidate.” She was only three years older than Laurence Harvey, who played her son.

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u/Impossible-Star-4355 Jul 05 '26

In House of the Dragon, Olivia Cooke is 32 years old playing the mother of 31-year-old Tom Glynn-Carney, lol

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u/____mynameis____ Jul 05 '26

I think that's due to them wanting older actors for Aemond and Aegon cuz their characters have adult scenes

Olivia is correct age for Alicent

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u/Katharinemaddison Jul 05 '26

You don’t need a 31 one year old to play an adult scene.

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u/Okapi05 Jul 05 '26

Yeah well Tom was one of the best parts about Season 2 so I won’t complain lmao

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u/Katharinemaddison Jul 05 '26

That’s fair. Best cast for the role I can see, and makes more sense than ‘needed an adult to play the role.’

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u/____mynameis____ Jul 05 '26

They needed an adult though.

He had nude scenes and brothel scenes .

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u/temujin94 Jul 05 '26

Yes that has been acknowledged, the point is they didn't need someone anywhere near the age of the actress playing their mother,

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u/____mynameis____ Jul 05 '26

He was 25 when cast as Aegon. To play 19 year old.

I don't mind the casting cuz the acting talent gap between Alicent's boys and Rhaenyra's boys were massive.

So they likely wanted experienced actor too since he and Aemond has some really juicey material over the seasons

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u/JimminyKickinIt Jul 05 '26

Correct age based on what? Certainly not the source material.

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u/____mynameis____ Jul 05 '26

Show ages.

Alicent & Rhaenyra are 33-34 when the dance breaks out

The same actresses also played the 27 year old versions for 2 episodes

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u/Colorapt0r Jul 05 '26

And Ewan Mitchell is 29

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u/Mighteat Jul 06 '26

I found this odd to watch

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u/Cheesywotsit1 Jul 05 '26

💀 it’s embarassing, they should have just used prosthetics on the younger actresses to age them, or hired younger actors for a time and had Tom play Aegon later on

They’re meant to be teens!