me: “you have so much love and support. the gays and the women are literally rallying behind you”
olivia cooke: “as long as i’ve got the gays and the women then that’s all i care about”
“interesting, seeing as that’s where rhaenyra lost her virginity and then that’s where she’s having sex with cole. they both had sex with cole in the same room”
both of them in shock that the other has risked everything to visit... and it's like it's really not that shocking, you can barely keep away from each other
olivia cooke on her approach to playing alicent hightower: “you don’t want her to be an all out and out evil person, you want an audience to feel conflicted when you’re watching her”
the amount of misogynstic hate olivia cooke/alicent hightower gets in the hotd fandom is disgusting. just admit you hate women and complex female characters and go away
olivia cooke is owning her body, her sensuality, her confidence — empowering herself and other women in lingerie that is made for women — not to sell an image for the male gaze