‘House of the Dragon’ star Graham McTavish sleeps next to his giant sword

WARNING: Spoilers ahead for “House of the Dragon” Season One, Episode Four: “House of the Narrow Sea”.

star Emily Carey, who plays young Alicent Hightower in the HBO series, says she was apprehensive about filming a cringe-worthy sex scene for the show. In Sunday night's episode, titled «King of the Narrow Sea,» Carey's character appears opposite her much-older husband -- King Viserys, played by Paddy Considine — in two intimate scenes. First, bathing him in a tub and, second, lying motionless -- appearing reluctant and disengaged — beneath him in bed while he has sex with her.Carey, who was 17 at the time she read the script and 18 at the time of filming, says in an interview with that she was initially «scared» of performing the scenes with the then-47-year-old Considine.«We have an intimacy coordinator who was amazing,» Carey told the outlet«Again, still being 17, the first scene that I read from the show was my sex scene and my intimacy scenes, that includes the scene where I'm bathing the king — anything that felt intimate was considered an intimacy scene, which I thought was great.»An «intimacy coordinator» is someone whose job is to choreograph simulated sex scenes on film and television sets while being mindful of the wellbeing of the actors involved. «But, it scared me, because at that point I still hadn't met Paddy, I didn't know how much of a joy he was and how easy he was going to make [the scene], and all I saw was, you know, a 47-year-old man and me, I was a bit concerned,» she continued.

Ken Starr, the prosecutor who led the relentless Whitewater investigation into then-President Bill Clinton and whose report on the case revealed intimate details of Clinton’s extramarital sexual relations, died Tuesday in Houston following complications from surgery. He was 76.

after 15 weeks, a move that is surprising even to some in his own party.Over the summer, the Supreme Court Roe V. Wade, essentially kicking the question of legal abortion back to the individual states; you might remember over the summer. In Graham's native South Carolina, the cut-off is 21 weeks and 6 days, (the state also has a parental consent law for minors).

Graham McTavish has described his House of the Dragon character as 'a shining beacon of decency'.

Outlander star Graham McTavish has opened up on his close friendship with Sam Heughan and compares him to his 'unruly teenage son'.

Manchester United fans have all been saying the same thing after Chelsea announced the appointment of their new manager Graham Potter.

Graham McTavish has remained tight lipped about his potential involvement in Outlander's prequel Blood Of My Blood.

Outlander star Graham McTavish has signed up to celebrity personalised video site Cameo, and is charging an eye-watering £168.

David Tennant's eldest son Ty is following in his father's footsteps as he is set to star in the Game of Thrones prequel House Of The Dragon.

After the premiere of the highly-anticipated Game of Thrones prequel, HBO has now released the House of the Dragon opening credits as the second episode of the fantasy drama aired.

Tom Hopper and Kat Graham are hitting the red carpet together!

HBO has given House of the Dragon an early renewal for Season 2.

Outlander star Graham McTavish revealed he once turned down a role in Game of Thrones before he signed up to star in House Of The Dragon.

, HBO's highly anticipated prequel, finally hit the small screen on Sunday night — but some fans were sorely disappointed. While response to the series has been largely positive overall, an HBO Max streaming crash on premiere night left many unable to watch.  was successfully viewed by millions of HBO Max subscribers last night," HBO said in a statement addressing the Sunday night crash. «A small portion of users attempting to connect via Fire TV devices had issues and we worked directly with impacted users to get them into the platform.»Impacted viewers were, however, able to screena jam-packed promo for the cable network touting its impressive upcoming slate of programming, including and more. imagine literally paying for hbo max just for it to crash as soon has hotd comes out my dad is on the verge of a breakdownHBO Max trying not to crash pic.twitter.com/9ZdxOhCX18People trying to watch #HouseoftheDragon only for HBO MAX to crash pic.twitter.com/GT7DjOZ89OAmong those who were able to screen in real time, one New York City apartment building was captured on camera as several units could be seen enjoying the show at the same time.

Sunday night premiere of HBO‘s “Game of Thrones” prequel series “House of Dragon.” Warning: Spoilers below.While Queen Aemma (Sian Brooke) is giving birth, a dangerous complication arises. So her husband, King Viserys I Targaryen (Paddy Considine), desperate for a male heir, orders the baby to be delivered via Caesarean section — which would kill the mother.The woman screams in anguish and begs them not to do it, but the doctor holds her down and graphically operates. It’s extremely painful.