'House of the Dragon' star Olivia Cooke sums up Season 2 in 5 intriguing words

An interesting choice 🤔
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Sam Haysom
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House of the Dragon star Olivia Cooke, who plays Alicent Hightower in the fantasy series, clearly struggled a bit when learning to ride a horse for the show (she shows a clip) — but when Stephen Colbert asks her to sum up Season 2 in five words, she hardly has to hesitate.

"Bloodshed. Legacy. Power. Sexuality. And, er, dragons, obviously, yeah," is Cooke's response. We could probably have guessed a couple of those, but the choice is still an interesting one. Just like in the trailer, we'll take any clues we can get.

You can read more House of the Dragon Season 2 speculation here, and if you want to know what George R.R. Martin's book tells us will happen next, we have that too.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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