Claire Foy admits she struggled to watch Matt Smith in House Of The Dragon

Claire Foy played a young Queen Elizabeth opposite Matt Smith’s Prince Philip in The Crown.

But she’s not happy with her co-star’s latest role in the game of Thrones prequel House Of The Dragon, where he played the divisive and nasty Prince Daemon Targaryen.

She revealed: “I’ve seen all [it]. He took a lot of commitment, which faded towards the end.’

The 38-year-old Crown star had nothing to hold back when she added to Happy Sad Confused with Josh Horowitz: ‘I was a very committed friend [of his character] but I disagreed with him in many scenes.

‘So I had to tell him [Smith] which I found disgusting to watch.

House of the Dragon saw Matt’s character engage in an incestuous relationship, with a young princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock) becoming romantically involved with her uncle, Prince Daemon Targaryen (Smith), before the older Rhaenyra (Emma) finally got married. marry him

Before getting married, in the fourth episode of the HBO show, Rhaenyra and her uncle engage in another incestuous activity.

He takes his young niece to the capital of Westeros, King’s Landing, where she visits a brothel and the couple share a kiss.

Fans were also horrified by Matt’s graphic sex scenes during the very raunchy premiere episode.

The 39-year-old former Doctor Who star, who played heir presumptive to the Iron Throne, was spotted enjoying a raunchy date with his prostitute lover Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno) at a brothel.

The actor was seen nude during the bawdy scene, with Daemon stopping in mid-romp while appearing distracted as he thought about the possibility of his brother King Viserys I (Paddy Considine) taking over for him.

House of the Dragon returns for a second season and while the cast has yet to be announced, it is believed that Matt will reprise his role.

Meanwhile, Claire has been going through a difficult time recently after having been dealing with a terrifying stalker, who had entered the UK illegally and showed up at her home.

He also sent actress Emma Jackson’s publicist more than 1,000 explicit emails — some of which refer to Foy’s rape.

‘Obsessive’ Jason Penrose, 49, posed as a Hollywood producer and repeatedly took aim at the award-winning actress, at one point turning up at her home.

The American stalker bombarded Claire’s publicist, Emma Jackson, with more than 1,000 explicit emails, including one referring to a rape between February 19, 2021 and February 7, 2022.

Penrose was told he faced at least 30 months behind bars for his “constant campaign of harassment,” during which he sent thousands of explicit emails, eight phone messages and went to the star’s home.

In emails shared with the court, he sent graphic messages detailing the rape of Claire and how he wanted her to be his girlfriend. also contacting her sister via email and ex-boyfriend via text.

On December 17, 2021, the Golden Globe-winning actress was horrified to discover that Penrose had turned up at her home and repeatedly rang her doorbell, Thames Magistrates court heard.

And following the court ruling, Penrose, who is originally from the US, must surrender his passport to the police, not apply for travel documents, live and sleep as directed by the Islington NHS Trust, not contact Claire directly or indirectly or attend an address known to you. or she thinks it’s hers.