“I Knew Before We Started Season 1”: Rhaenyra & Mysaria Romance Plan & S2 E6 Kiss Explained By HOTD Star



Warning: SPOILERS ahead for House of the Dragon season 2, episode 6!


Summary

  • Rhaenyra and Mysaria’s romance was planned from the start of
    House of the Dragon
    , says Mysaria actor Sonoya Mizuno.
  • The kiss between Rhaenyra and Mysaria was a collaborative decision by the lead actors, who got to decide the subtle elements of it.
  • The intimate moment felt organic and meaningful, and hints at what’s to come for Rhaenyra as the series continues.


House of the Dragon star Sonoya Mizuno has opened up about the romance plan between Rhaenyra and Mysaria, explaining how their moment at the end of season 2, episode 6 was planned long ago. During House of the Dragon season 2, episode 6’s ending, Mysaria describes her horrifying past to the queen, resulting in the pair sharing a hug with one another. However, that hug soon turns into a kiss, which gets interrupted with news of Seasmoke having a new rider.

Speaking with TV Insider about Rhaenyra and Mysaria’s relationship, Mizuno explained how House of the Dragon‘s relationship between the two was planned even before season 1 began. The kiss was also designed by the lead actors, who had a say in how exactly it would transpire. Check out what Mizuno had to say below:


After I got the job and spoke to the showrunners, they said that this was a potentiality. They said the plan was definitely for Mysaria and Rhaenyra to start working together with a potential for romance. So I knew before we started Season 1. I think it was then we got the scripts for Season 2, and at the end of this episode, I remember it said, “Their foreheads are touching. There’s just breath between them. And then what happens next is interrupted.” But it didn’t define what the thing was that happened, and we had many conversations about it in pre-production and during production, but both Emma and I felt very strongly that we didn’t want the moment to be queer-baiting in any way, so there was that. But there was also kind of finding the truth of that moment and their relationship, and it felt very right that was where it was going. It was kind of a collaborative decision to get where it got to.

Yeah, it was very much an ongoing discussion in pre-production and in-production. I think at some point the decision was it should be a kiss. It should be intimate. But how that moment happened, we didn’t actually plan until the day, and it was Emma who felt in that moment that Rhaenyra wanted to hold Mysaria and comfort her. She’d been so open with her and wanted to comfort her. I think the hug was so, in a way, enlightening for both of them because I don’t think either of them get hugged or have been hugged like that. I mean, when do you see people hug in
House of the Dragon
? You see people f***ing, and you see people slapping each other on the back. There was something in that moment that felt so thrilling to be so intimately connected, and it felt then so organic to move into the kiss from there. I think our relationship has a kind of frankness to it, and it was there from the beginning. Mysaria was like, “This is what I’m like.” They had that frankness with each other, so to get to that place felt organic, and it also didn’t feel snaky in any way or manipulative on either part.


More to come…

Source: TV Insider

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