House of the Dragon season 2: this “animal” sex scene has been deleted

This Monday, June 17, 2024 marked the big return of the fantasy seriesHouse of the Dragon, after ;s a long absence of two years. In full promotion of the second season, the members of the cast are taking part in the game of secrets on the creation of this new batch of episodes; the opportunity for us to learn of the existence of an “animal” sex scene cut during editing.

House of the Dragon: a “carnal and animal” scene

À When it was launched in 2011, the seriesGame of Thrones had had a profound impact on people. the spectators; à both by its claim to to compete with cinema in terms of special effects and great spectacle, but also in its desire to compete with cinema. to push even further the recipe that the HBO channel had established years earlier, by hiding neither the violence – often cruel – nor the sex scenes. These latter have been very numerous in the first three seasons, before gradually decreasing over time.

With House of the Dragon , showrunners Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik decided to to reduce their number. We were thus entitled to; four sex scenes in the first season: between Daemon Targaryen and Mysaria in episode 1, between Alicent Hightower and Viserys Targaryen in episode 4, between Rhaenyra Targaryen and Criston Cole in the second. th episode, and between Rhaenyra and Daemon in episode 7. À note that the staging of these last three scenes contrasted clearly with that ofGame of Thrones; we sense in the achievement the importance that the intimacy coordinators had.

In the first episode of season 2, readers ofFire and Bloodwere surprised to witness a series of two love scenes between the Dowager Queen Alicent Hightower and the commander of the Royal Guard, Ser Criston Cole. Absent from the book, this romantic intrigue is intrinsically linked to the story. a tragic event at the heart of the world the end of the episode. And it seems that Alicent and Rhaenyra's ex-lover haven't finished jumping on each other, as teased the latest trailer, released at the continuation of the first episode of season 2.

We learn today in the columns of Entertainment Weekly, who relays confidences from British actress Olivia Cooke (Alicent), that a “carnal” and “animal” sex scene between the two characters was revealed. cut during editing. She confides: “It was really a mess. It wasn't pretty, but it was fun to do.” The deletion of this scene was made decided by Ryan Condal, who considered – according to Olivia Cooke – that the scene “didn't bring anything to the characters“. So don't panic, he didn't 'there was no censorship!

And you, what do you think of the romantic intrigue between Alicent Hightower and Criston Cole? Don't hesitate to tell us in the comments area.