Alicent and Aegon actors’ age gap surprises House of the Dragon fans

Casting older men as young characters and young women as older characters is nothing new. House of the Dragon audiences are aware of how young Olivia Cooke, who plays Queen Alicent, actually is. The on-screen mother of four is just 28 years old in real life. Alicent’s eldest son Aegon is supposed to be 20 years old. But Tom Glynn-Carney, who plays Aegon, is only a year younger than Olivia.

They really just doing anything with this show lol
None of the math is mathing with these characters.

Ima keep watching though. Lol

— A Little A Needle (@LucyOfLouisiana) October 19, 2022

Olivia seemed a believable mother to the younger children’s cast, with the 20-year-old Ty Tennant playing Aegon. Nevertheless, the show has tried its best to age the actress further. Her dressing has become more mature, featuring deeper greens and staid silhouettes. By episode 9, the Dowager Queen is somewhere around 35 years old.

Alicent – 28 yrs old
Aegon – 27 yrs old
Aemond – 25 yrs old
^ Age of the actors in #HouseOfTheDragonHBO
Not impressed with the casting choices here

— Jessica Rose (@Jessica__Roses) October 17, 2022

Ewan Mitchell, who plays Alicent’s younger son Aemond Targaryen, is 25, three years younger than Olivia. And Helaena Targaryen actress Phia Saban is 24. Ty Tennant would have been acceptable in his role for a few more episodes, but Ewan Mitchell is absolutely perfect as Aemond. There is no way Ty would have looked older than Ewan, so you win some, you lose some.

And yet Aemond looks at least 6 years older than him ?

— Marvel_Junkie28 (@tiffani_hotmail) October 19, 2022

At this point in the story alicent is older than Olivia’s actual age. The actors who play aegon and aemond are 27 and 25, like she’s literally one year older than Tom and she’s supposed to be his mother. I love Olivia but it’s kinda ridiculous

— rhaenys the queen who should have been (@boredmonet) October 18, 2022

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