House of the Dragon: Eve Best’s Rhaenys Would Have Been Westeros' Greatest Leader

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Eve Best is an acting ace. She’s got loads of impressive screen credits to her name and is a theater legend with two Tony Award nominations, a Drama Desk Award win and a Laurence Olivier Award win as well. Now she’s an absolute force on HBO’s House of the Dragon. It probably goes without saying, she’s always been a dream guest for Collider Ladies Night, but a recent Ladies Night guest skyrocketed Best to being a top priority. While chatting with Jessica Gunning for Baby Reindeer, a performance that appears to have put her on the path to snagging an Emmy nomination, Gunning pinpointed an actor who made a major impression on her during the early days of her career. That actor? Eve Best. Soon after chatting with Gunning, interview opportunities for House of the Dragon Season 2 popped up, and I jumped on it.
Best plays Rhaenys, the Queen Who Never Was, in the Game of Thrones prequel series. Despite having a number of qualities that’d make her an ideal leader, Rhaenys was passed over to succeed King Jaehaerys I for being a woman. She eventually comes to terms with the decision and attempts to serve Westeros valiantly as a dragon rider and as the wife of Lord Corlys Velaryon of Driftmark (Steve Toussaint). Despite Viserys (Paddy Considine) naming Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) his heir, Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) takes the throne, solidifying the stark divide between the Greens, those who support Aegon, and the Blacks, those who continue to back Rhaenyra’s claim. As a member of Team Black, Rhaenys begins Season 2 doing what she can to keep her side safe while strategizing for all-out war.
With House of the Dragon Season 2 kicking off its highly anticipated run on Sunday, June 16, I recently sat down with Best for a Ladies Night conversation to discuss how she’s honed her craft over the years, and Rhaenys’ approach to being a strong leader with war brewing in Westeros.
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00:00 Dicey Questions
06:10 Introduction
06:31 Stockard Channing
10:33 Jessica Gunning | Live Theater
15:08 Roles That Scare Her
17:39 House of the Dragon
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@ColliderLadiesNight 22 күн бұрын

It's your turn now! Who do you think would make the best ruler of Westeros in House of the Dragon? Are you going with Eve Best's Rhaenys or someone else?

@annevergara7220 22 күн бұрын

Eve exudes class and elegance

@hey_amore 22 күн бұрын

The way she lights up talking about theatre🥰

@gianmarcozampella5138 22 күн бұрын

she has so much wisdom in her,it's awe-inspiring to watch,and the whole interview was just wholesome

@carogirlyaya 22 күн бұрын

Absolutely phenomenal interview! I always appreciate when interviewers ask about the acting process itself and allow actors to discuss the parts of their jobs that they love but are often overlooked

@DeeBee334 22 күн бұрын

Eve is absolutely stunning inside and out. Me and my mum have loved her since Nurse Jackie! We’re so happy to see her getting more international recognition for HoD and The Crown. Also the cast of HoD say she smells amazing and gives the best hugs! You did such an amazing interview with her! ❤

@RadikaneshaBharly 22 күн бұрын

This is the best interview of eve best, I love how passionate she is❤❤

@margsgrete2421 22 күн бұрын

I could listen to Eve Best and Perri all day long too. The substance of this interview is just sublime!!

@author2838 22 күн бұрын

What a lady, indeed! A pleasure to watch and listen!

@ErickaWilliamsCC 13 күн бұрын

Just love her. Elegant and wonderful

@DaxGigandet. 22 күн бұрын

She's one of my favorite characters on HOTD & going to miss her in season 3 😢

@MsBroadway209 21 күн бұрын

Wow I never saw that I would ever hear or see someone have the same opinion of Stockard Channing in Grease that I have haha. I love every character in grease, but Rizzo was always the character that I was drawn to the most. She was transcendent in that role.

@jeydaness 14 күн бұрын

What a delightful interview

@hermunkulus 22 күн бұрын

Another banger Perri. Also respect for the Anna and the Apocalypse name drop. I’ve been meaning to get around to that one for a while.

@Iluvthe1960s 9 күн бұрын

At 15.55 when Eve says if she gets a role she probably shouldn’t do it and like rolls that scare the s**t out of her reminds me of what David Bowie said that an artist does his best work when it’s like you walk out in the sea and your toes can’t touch the ground you do your best work if you don’t go far enough out and your comfortable it won’t be as good. 2 brilliant artists with similar quotes. Love them both!

@JonnySuite13 21 күн бұрын

Just love this interview. She has so much poise.

@AneeSourjah 22 күн бұрын

Honestly what a great conversation

@Ilmryn465 22 күн бұрын

Loved this interview!!

@Divine_Chareka 21 күн бұрын

Absolutely adore her, The Queen Who Never Was ❤️

@robertgoyette5863 22 күн бұрын

great job as always perri! also i like how dramatically you were lit here, it looks really cool

@Laramaria2 22 күн бұрын

Eve ❤️ I love her so much ❤ Such a delightful person ❤ The Queen That Should Have Been ❤👑

@TuberoseKisser 14 күн бұрын

I like that every agrees that Rhaenys would have been an amazing queen.

@BobbyNavarrette-ks3tx 22 күн бұрын

Eve Best is so beautiful, and elegant.

@Varekai0723 22 күн бұрын

Eve Best is the best!

@lu_witt 22 күн бұрын

she looks AMAZING 🥰

@bonniebree187 22 күн бұрын

I get what she's saying about Rhaenys's floor-busting scene and I love what she's saying about restraint. But I also think, "Yeah, but Rhaenys DID certainly kill a bunch of other people in that demonstration 🤔..."

@adekunlejosiah2939 22 күн бұрын

I think the point of that scene was to show that dragons are kind of a nuclear weapon...viserys was wise to be wary of them.

@tombystander 20 күн бұрын

Never seen someone smirk so much while they act. It's every time she's in the frame

@soulsharts 22 күн бұрын

Isn't Eve just the Best?

@ColliderLadiesNight 21 күн бұрын

💯

@proxy6986 21 күн бұрын

I love her

@chrisb6753 21 күн бұрын

Book readers know whats happening.

@Equint77 18 күн бұрын

Team Black!!

@fitzcorraldo8570 19 күн бұрын

Don’t look now !! Now that’s an answer.

@rojayreid908 21 күн бұрын

Olivia Cooke next

@sirchadiusmaximusiii 22 күн бұрын

It is shocking how much beauty is in classy women. Especially in the modern world where there is very little.

@IrisLunari 22 күн бұрын

first

@signe-o3f 22 күн бұрын

Lots of respect for Eve but talking about ultimate compassion and kindness in the context of the scene when Rhaenys killed probably dozens of smallfolk? Maybe because Eve doesn't watch the show she doesn't even know what it looked like with all the effects?

@GeeNoniGee 22 күн бұрын

The question was about how Rhaenys felt about sparing her family who imprisoned her, not how bad she felt about the collateral damage, I think.

@signe-o3f 22 күн бұрын

@@GeeNoniGee She's not Rhaenyra.

@GeeNoniGee 18 күн бұрын

@@signe-o3f I'll fix that, lol.

@Alex-bz8lj 22 күн бұрын

Is Rhaeyns not gonna address the fact that she killed hundreds of innocent people at the Dragon pit and didn’t feel bad at all

@adrianarivera9392 22 күн бұрын

I love that you’re asking an actress about a fictional character’s life. I think you should stop watching a FICTIONAL show about monarchs and start watching shows about small folks coz you seem to be oblivious about what House of the Dragon is.

@AllmondISP 22 күн бұрын

Another Actress. who hates Horror movies. Wow. I bet Perry didn't see it coming... Let it go, Perri.

@PerriNemiroff 22 күн бұрын

Every single time someone rolls this question, I think of you 😉 It's always going to be a priority, one, because a shared love of horror makes me happy and, two, because if someone thinks an entire genre is not for them, I enjoy trying to find the movie that'll surprise them and give them a way in. (And I appreciate when others do that for me as well with genres I'm not super into!)

@AllmondISP 22 күн бұрын

@@PerriNemiroff You know you can always bring the horror topic during the natural conversation between you and your guest, right? espacially if your guest came to promote a horror project she's in, or... she been in one in the past. It so easy. You don't need it to be on those 8 random question.. I think it's such a superfluous question for those 8 random question. I know you can come up with better question. a fresh question instead. I believe in you. Just think about it. PS I'm ready to bet none of your guests on "Ladies Night", who told you they hate horror movies bother watching the movie(s) you recomanded them.

@fortelewisandrew2426 22 күн бұрын

Since Eve's swan song comes to a fiery yet ill-fated end in season 2, it is in the books. It's another underrated, but a great show beckons her sublime talents and foxy charisma. Interview with the Vampire seasons 3 and 4 can have her play Lestat's mother/ fledgling Gabrielle de Lioncourt. Eve Best was born for built for this role her energy will match Sam Ried's energy. The permutations with both of them on the screen will be quite palpable and intense.