me: “you have so much love and support. the gays and the women are literally rallying behind you”
olivia cooke: “as long as i’ve got the gays and the women then that’s all i care about”
“interesting, seeing as that’s where rhaenyra lost her virginity and then that’s where she’s having sex with cole. they both had sex with cole in the same room”
olivia cooke on her approach to playing alicent hightower: “you don’t want her to be an all out and out evil person, you want an audience to feel conflicted when you’re watching her”
olivia cooke is owning her body, her sensuality, her confidence — empowering herself and other women in lingerie that is made for women — not to sell an image for the male gaze
i won’t give away any spoilers from the episode but what i will say is this: the sheer acting ability from olivia cooke and emma d’arcy just from the emotion they show in their eyes is…. WOW. incredibly powerful and beautiful