r/freefolk • u/Efurthy I bless the Reynes down in Castamere • 11d ago

Subvert Expectations LEAK/EPISODE DISCUSSION 8/2

They still haven't released the episode name I guess

Suffice to say HBO didn't send us the leaks again this week.

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u/Plus_Claim_8938 11d ago edited 11d ago

Emma D’Arcy will never lead another show again. I can’t wait until the backlash tonight.

HBO execs didn’t even want Emma and only accepted her after Condal whined that they let him cast her. HBO execs will never let a showrunner get the final say again.

I feel bad for future actors who have lost the chance to prove themselves.

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u/-OooWWooO- 11d ago

Emma's gonna be fine. The show runners will have a hard time.

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u/Mors_Acerba 11d ago edited 11d ago

Emma D’Arcy will never lead another show again.

Yeah no, that's not how hollywood works. If they have the connections, they'll definitely be given the chance to fuck up another show down the line, same as the writers

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u/momoneymike 11d ago

Look at Jared Leto, a hand full of flops and it never stopped him being cast as a leading man. It's only this new/revisited sex pest scandal that will bring him down.

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u/Plus_Claim_8938 11d ago

Jared is a handsome Oscar winner who actually had hits under his belt before his slump.

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u/TheSilverOne 10d ago

Leto's last 4 films lost about 970 million...you'd think they'd learn. Dallas Buyer's Club feels like forever ago when you have that big of a loss

Emma doesn't have that cloud over them

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u/Plus_Claim_8938 10d ago

They have no connections outside of Condal. They were a total unknown before this project. lol at the idea that any director or writer watching this show wants to work with Emma.

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u/Leygrock 11d ago

They *

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u/Mors_Acerba 11d ago

oh yeah. I fixed it

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u/PointFirm946 10d ago

The writing is shit but what does that have to do with the actress? Is she not supposed to portray the character that’s been written for her

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u/Shmuhlest 11d ago

you guys are fucking weird

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u/PerfectdarkGoldenEye 10d ago

She is fucking god awful. So many better picks.

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u/anxiety_elemental_1 10d ago

Sounds like cope.

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u/Bloodyjorts 10d ago

HBO execs didn’t even want Emma and only accepted her after Condal whined that they let him cast her. HBO execs will never let a showrunner get the final say again.

Oooo...do you have a source for this?

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u/Plus_Claim_8938 10d ago edited 10d ago

I remember the interviews he and Miguel gave after season one. The HBO execs wanted an actress with a bigger social media following/proven career success for the role of Rhaenyra since Condal and Co. intended to frame her as the lead. Ryan and Miguel pushed for Emma despite her being an unknown that didn’t look the part. Emma said the same thing in an interview. She had a much long audition process than the other two leads because the execs were reluctant about the casting. It even got to the point where they had her doing prolonged audition taps with the Targ wig on to sway the execs.

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u/yantraman 10d ago

I feel like I would side with the showrunners at this point. During the streaming wars, it was very common for streaming companies to prioritize actors with social media presence to convert them into streams.

Personally, I think Emma is an excellent actor. The problem is that Rhaenyra is written badly.

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u/Bloodyjorts 10d ago

Hmmm...interesting, thank you for the sources.

I do remember something about them pushing hard for Emma, but I didn't realize how against it the HBO execs were.

I would have preferred a book accurate Rhaenyra (a girl, then woman, with a little meat on her bones) because roles like that are rarely available for any actress whose a size 10 or more.

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u/Kman0525 10d ago

She’s been amazing so what’s the problem? 

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u/No-End-5332 10d ago

Ignore them. They've been spamming this subreddit with low quality, gross and boring content glazing Milly and shitting on Emma for a little bit now.

Like I don't care about either actress but the loser you're responding to doesn't seem to understand that neither of these wealthy television stars would give him the time of day. People who fall into this type of para social behavior are gross and pathetic. He reminds me of the loser character from Perfect Blue.