Would-Be Future Queen
Emma D’Arcy stars as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, first in line after her father King Viserys, which during this period in Westeros prives quite tricky. D’Arcy shared, “I think crucially in Westeros, there’s probably no space for a ‘girlboss’ story because it’s a patriarchal culture that keeps women tightly restricted. In terms of a show that speaks to patriarchy, misogyny in power, I think one of the questions that it asks is: ‘If you are a woman how do you convince male subjects that you’re no other?’ And I think of that to be an incredibly resonant question. Today, we’re still making males leaders. I think it’s a really nuanced piece of work because life is nuanced and complicated.”
