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It seems that even queens are nervous round Tom Cruise.
Home of the Dragon star Olivia Cooke, who performs Queen Alicent Hightower within the hit HBO fantasy drama, recalled the time she “blacked out” assembly Cruise, 61, on the set of her movie, Prepared Participant One.
On the Tuesday, June 4, episode of The Late Present With Stephen Colbert, Cooke mentioned the film’s director, Steven Spielberg, typically had his A-list associates drop by the set — together with George Lucas and Tom Cruise.
“There was a celeb visitor each single day. You’ve received Steven Spielberg, who I’ve received to work together with each single day — once more, mortified, as a result of I’m like, ‘Oh god, don’t take a look at me,’” the actress defined.
Someday, Cooke, 30, mentioned she heard “whispers across the forged” that Cruise — who Spielberg directed in Minority Report and Warfare of the Worlds — was to go to the set.
Cooke mentioned she was carrying a velour “tight tracksuit that was all velcro” and had numerous cameras and lights connected to her.
“I used to be speaking to my buddy and I see Tom Cruise simply stroll throughout the stage, and I used to be like [trying to hide],” she mentioned. “After which I hear Steven go, ‘Olivia, come meet my good buddy, Tom Cruise.’”
“I blacked out,” she continued. “I utterly blacked out. However apparently, my buddy ran to the highest of the stage to observe this interplay. Apparently, I bowed like a servant. Like, boobs to knee. After which [I] shook his hand and got here to.”
Extra hearth, extra blood. We’re counting down the times till Sport of Thrones prequel Home of the Dragon returns for season 2. The HBO collection, based mostly on George R.R. Martin‘s novel Hearth & Blood, is anticipated to have fewer time jumps after the primary season spanned greater than a decade to clarify how Rhaenyra (Emma […]
Host Stephen Colbert requested Cooke if there was chemistry between them, to which she quipped, “I believe it was void of chemistry.”
Cooke reprises her position as Alicent Hightower in season 2 of Home of the Dragon, which premieres Sunday, June 16, on HBO.
Because the combat for the Iron Throne between Alicent’s son, King Aegon II (performed by Tom Glynn-Carney), and her former BFF, Rhanerya Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) heats up, Cooke teased that viewers can count on “bloodshed, legacy, energy, sexuality, and dragons, clearly” this season.
Talking to Us Weekly on the Home of the Dragon season 2 New York Metropolis premiere on Monday, June 3, Cooke’s fellow castmembers revealed whether or not they’re Staff Inexperienced (consultant of Aegon and Home Hightower) or Staff Black (the colours of the Targaryen clan).
“Nicely, I’m a feminist, so I’d fairly wish to see a lady in energy, so I believe the Blacks,” mentioned Tom Glynn-Carney, going in opposition to his character’s household. “Nonetheless, that’s not the movie that we’re enjoying proper now. We’re enjoying in opposition to Black.”
In the meantime, Ewan Mitchell, who performs Alicent’s different son, Prince Aemond Targaryen, mentioned, “I’m Staff Inexperienced by means of and thru.”
