Rejoice, romantics: Love is alive and kicking in Essos. (The same can't be said for Westeros, or Hollywood.)
Rosie Mac and Ignacio Blanco, the body doubles who play Daenerys Targaryen and Daario Naharis, respectively, n Game of Thrones, are allegedly dating.
Blanco recently told The Daily Mail, "Rosie and I met on set. Me doing my part as Daario’s double and Rosie doing her part as Daenerys. Since then, we’ve become very close. Things just kept escalating.”
'We are so committed to the show that we followed the steps of Michiel's and Emilia's characters," he added.
[Jorah's body double internally screams.]
On set !! with my best friend @ignaciojimenezblanco the Dario Double on set for #gameofthrones #Season 5 A photo posted by Rosie Mac (@rosiemacc) on Jun 3, 2015 at 3:36am PDT
It's up to the fandom to truly decode what "kept escalating" really means -- both model/actors' Instagrams are cluttered with cozy pictures together, but several of the pictures' captions find the doubles referring to each other as "best friends" (or even "big brother").
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
With my partner in crime & best friend @ignaciojimenezblanco the #Dariodouble #gameofthrones A photo posted by Rosie Mac (@rosiemacc) on Jul 11, 2015 at 2:43pm PDT
Amazing weekend of Work and more work with my best friend @ignaciojimenezblanco #Dariodouble !!! Cant wait to show the results A photo posted by Rosie Mac (@rosiemacc) on Jul 12, 2015 at 10:16am PDT
Towel moment with little @rosiemacc #friends #me #man #workout #girl #model #bestoftheday #tbt #osuna #GameofThrones #family #actor #film A photo posted by Ignacio Blanco (@ignaciojimenezblanco) on Nov 12, 2014 at 9:44am PST
A photo posted by Ignacio Blanco (@ignaciojimenezblanco) on Nov 7, 2014 at 6:39am PST
A photo posted by Ignacio Blanco (@ignaciojimenezblanco) on Nov 1, 2014 at 7:18am PDT
And unlike Daario, Blanco won't be enjoying the benefits of being in the Queensguard (if you know what we mean). Mac has publicly stated (including in her Instagram bio) that she is remaining a virgin until marriage.
So we'll save the "winter is coming" jokes for later.
Amazing Memories& Amazing Friends especially my right hand man @ignaciojimenezblanco double of Dario #got #gameofthrones A photo posted by Rosie Mac (@rosiemacc) on May 29, 2015 at 12:59am PDT