House of the Dragon: Daemon and Rhaenyra relationship is ‘a grooming scenario’, says Emma D’Arcy
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy House of the Dragon star Emma D’Arcy has touched on the power imbalance between Prince Daemon and Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in a new interview with The Independent. Speaking to The Independent, D’Arcy said that the pair’s early relationship was “essentially a grooming scenario” as Rhaenyra was around 15 years old while Daemon is 31. Matt Smith and Emma D’Arcy in ‘House of the Dragon’ “It’s a difficult point at which to meet an audience,” they said. “It was brilliant, actually,” Smith said, “because I think they’ve done brilliant work.” “It gave you a completely different context for the age thing to play off.” Considine added: “Yeah, I loved it.