Olivia Cooke, who plays the controversial Queen Alicent Hightower in HBO’s “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon,” recently told GQ that she stepped away from social media ahead of the show’s third season because of the fandom’s “ugliness.”
\n\n“I think some of those interpretations just catch fire, and they become something that bears no resemblance to what was shown on the screen at the time,” said Cooke on the subject of the fanbases’ theories and opinions (which include observations about Cooke herself as well as her relationship with the show’s directors). The uber-passionate fanbase was, in part, why she went offline and deactivated her Instagram ahead of Season 3 dropping in June, she revealed. “There’s a lot of ugliness to that fandom as well. It’s steeped in misogyny. There’s a lot of racism. I try to let it take up minimal mental real estate.”
\n\nWhile viewers of the prequel series are well-acquainted with the taboo at this point, Season 3 saw Cooke’s Hightower in a number of contentious storylines, including sharing a kiss with her son that results in an incestuous daydream scene later on.
\n\nOn the subject of her social media break, the actress noted that it…
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