"What's really interesting for us and our dynamic is that they're very much... There are resonances with Lady Macbeth and Macbeth, only insofar as that term, "My dearest partner of greatness," which is how Macbeth refers to his wife. It really feels like a partnership, and it's very modern in that respect. It's very equal and very based on mutual respect, and in terms of power, it's absolutely 100% an alliance." — EVE BEST, ON RHAENYS & CORLYS DYNAMIC
To have Rhaenys and Rhaenyra stand on opposite ends, a mirror to each other. To have everyone’s back face Rhaenys while their heads are bowed towards Rhaenyra...
The men of the realm already had their opportunity to appoint a ruling queen at the Great Council and they denied it. They denied you, Princess Rhaenys. "The Queen Who Never Was." But they bent the knee to me and called me heir to the throne. - 1.02 | The Rogue Prince
She did not bend the knee during the coronation, but in the end, Rhaenys has Rhaenyra’s back.
– But I understand the order of things. I’m not sure you do. – If you mean to illicit some anger from me you should know that you’re failing Princess. – Quite the opposite! Whether it’s to my daughter or to someone else’s your father will remarry, sooner than late. His new wife will produce new heirs and chances are, better than not, that one of those will be male, and when that boy comes of age and your father has passed, the men of the realm will expect him to be heir, not you. Because that is the order of things!
I’ve told Eve this, that I went home that first evening and I actually said, “Thank God for Eve Best!” Because she was — is such a wonderful scene partner.
EVE BEST & STEVE TOUSSAINT | House of the Dragon FYC Panel, March 7, 2023