Breaking Baz: ‘House Of The Dragon’ Star Milly Alcock Stirs Up A Witches Brew For London Stage Debut In Arthur Miller Classic ‘The Crucible’
17.03.2023 - 13:31
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EXCLUSIVE: House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock tells me that she will make her professional theater debut for London’s National Theatre playing the vengeful Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller’s powerful drama The Crucible.
The 22-year-old admits that she’s “mortified” at the prospect of treading the boards at the Cameron Mackintosh-owned Gielgud Theatre for a strictly limited season from June 7-September 2.
Lyndsey Turner, who directed what became referred to as the Benedict Cumberbatch Hamlet at the Barbican eight years ago, staged Miller’s revival at the National last fall with Erin Doherty — who played Princess Anne in The Crown — as Abigail.
Alcock is the first cast member booked for the West End transfer. “These were the only ones who offered me a job, you know what I mean?” she laughed.
It’s the first role she’s signed for since playing the younger Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in the first five episodes of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon.
“It changed my life very quicklym and it will never be the same again,” the Sydney-born actress says of being cast inthe series.
“Now I get to do all of the wonderful, amazing things that I really want to do, and I’m still figuring out what that is. Your dreams shouldn’t be coming true at 21 and 22.
“It shouldn’t be allowed,” she insists.
“I still need to f*ck up a bit more — like, I shouldn’t even be unsupervised this young on a day-to-day level” she adds.
Breaking Baz asks if any of the rumors are true that she’ll return in Season 2 of House of the Dragon in flashback scenes “No. It’s done,” she says adamantly.
Alcock says that Miller’s play about the Salem witch trials and hangings, first staged on Broadway 70 years ago, remains relevant in the social media