Poisonous fandom of ‘Home of the Dragon’ prompted Olivia Cooke for a social media break
Los Angeles: British star Olivia Cooke, who performs Queen Alicent Hightower in HBO’s ‘Home of the Dragon’, mentioned the present’s fandom, which is commonly steeped in misogyny and racism, led her to take a break from social media.
In an interview with ‘GQ’, Cooke spoke concerning the intense fan tradition surrounding the ‘Recreation of Thrones’ prequel collection. “I feel a few of these interpretations simply catch hearth they usually change into one thing that bears no resemblance to what was proven on the display on the time,” she mentioned.
“There’s quite a lot of ugliness to that fandom as properly. It’s steeped in misogyny. There’s quite a lot of racism. I attempt to let it take up minimal psychological actual property,” she added.
Cooke mentioned the net discourse ultimately turned unhealthy for her, prompting her to deactivate her social media accounts forward of the third season premiere of ‘Home of the Dragon’ in June. “I used to be identical to, ‘I’m on this an excessive amount of’. It’s not nourishing,” she mentioned.
The actress additionally questioned the rising emphasis on movie star tradition and social media engagement within the leisure trade. “I feel the celebri-fied nature of being an actor has now snowballed into this monster. And I simply suppose we have to get off this practice and realise that we make these TV reveals and movies, sure, for escapism, but additionally as a result of it’s clever and it’s artistic; it’s not for followers or for a model deal or to get free shit. Despite the fact that that’s good generally,” she mentioned.
Cooke just isn’t the one actor from the ‘Recreation of Thrones’ universe to discuss the impression of social media. Sophie Turner, who performed Sansa Stark within the authentic collection, had earlier opened up concerning the toll on-line scrutiny took on her psychological well being.
Turner, who joined the present on the age of 14, advised ‘Flaunt’ journal final 12 months that social media turned a tough expertise as her profile grew alongside the recognition of the collection.
