The Actress That Plays Rhaenyra Targaryen In House Of The Dragon Said Extras In Sunday's Brothel Scene Were 69'ing Each Other While Nude For TWELVE HOURS

NY Post- In Sunday night’s fourth episode of the “Game of Thrones” spinoff “House of the Dragon,” teen Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock) and her uncle Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) have an incestuous steamy make-out in the middle of a crowded brothel. Although the scene is bound to raise eyebrows among viewers, Aussie actress Alcock, 22, told The Post that it wasn’t awkward to film. 

“No, strangely enough. [Matt Smith and I] were just kind of mates. So, it was quite comfortable,” Alcock said about filming the scene with Smith, 39. “We had an intimacy coordinator, and we worked with her through the rehearsal process and blocked it out months before.”

“There were extras who we had just met who were like, 69-ing for 12 hours,” she added. “It’s pretty gnarly. We felt pretty overdressed, because everyone else was nude.”

So today I learned that not only is Milly Alcock a heck of an actress but she is also an incredible wordsmith because "gnarly" is the exact word I would use for having to 69 a total stranger nude for 12 hours. Hell, if we are being honest, 69'ing anybody for multiple hours can easily venture into the gnarly category. 

I'm not gonna draw a diagram for everyone out there, but the basic act of 69'ing requires a whole bunch of body parts that pick up a bunch of different senses to be around body parts that may not be great after 12 hours of rolling around. The nose and the mouth are obviously the first two that come to mind but the eyes and ears are all up in the mix along with every inch of your body that can touch. That's a straight up BINGO for the five senses.

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Even if you take out the gnarlyness that comes with the human body, you cannot deny that doing anything for 12 hours straight is a task. Sleeping. Hanging out. I am mentally cooked by the end of an NFL Sunday just sitting on my couch and that never even goes a full 12 hours. So laying face-to-grundle with some rando for half a day in exchange for whatever extras make along with a meal at craft services to go along with your 12 hour simulated meal seems a tab extreme before you even get into the rogue boners and lady boners that may have sprung up during filming.

For more hard hitting takes about this week's House of the Dragon, check out our Episode 4 recap on Game of Stools.