Apparently, “House Of The Dragon” Showrunner Ryan Condal Cut An “Animalistic” Olivia Cooke Sex Scene From The Show Because It Didn’t Progress The Story Enough

As you’re probably aware, neither House of the Dragon nor Game of Thrones shy away from sex scenes — and given the latter’s reputation, Olivia admitted that when she first landed a role in House of the Dragon, she tried to mentally prepare herself for nudity. 

Olivia has worked closely with the show’s intimacy coordinator, Vanessa Coffey, over the years, and the star told Elle that she has been left pleasantly surprised with the scenes she has been dealt so far. 

“I thought there’d be way more, and so I’m relieved that when it has been used for me, it’s showing Alicent being pleasured, which is amazing and doesn’t feel gratuitous,” Olivia explained. “It feels like we’re telling a story.”

Olivia then joked that the scene in question may find its way into the show’s blooper reel instead. 

Speaking to Rolling Stone ahead of the Season 1 premiere back in 2022, Matt admitted that he initially felt as though there were too many sex scenes in the show. 

“You do find yourself asking, ‘Do we need another sex scene?’” he told the publication at the time. “And they’re like, ‘Yeah, we do.’ I guess you have to ask yourself: ‘What are you doing? Are you representing the books, or are you diluting the books to represent the time [we’re living in]?’”

“And I actually think it’s your job to represent the books truthfully and honestly, as they were written,” Matt then concluded. 

In fact, Emilia said that she was pressured into a "fuck-ton" of nudity in the first season of the show, and recalled being too scared to advocate for herself because it was so early on in her acting career.