Olivia Cooke looked elegant in an emerald green costume as filming began for the second season of House of the Dragon on Saturday.
Based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood, the series, set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones , tells the story of House Targaryen.
The actress, 29, who plays Alicent Hightower in the Game Of Thrones prequel, donned a green gown with gold details.
Olivia accessorised with a matching veil, while her auburn tresses were styled in a neat bun.
She sported a bronze makeup palette which accentuated her natural features, with a swipe of pink lipstick.
Olivia sat beside her co-star in a gold carriage that was being pulled along by horses and was following by knights.
In between takes the actors wrapped up in large grey blankets to keep warm while chatting with crew members.
It comes after a new image from the set shows the throne, with members of the production crew visible in the background.
Ryan Condal, showrunner and executive producer of the series, teased what fans can expect from season two.
He said: ‘House of the Dragon has returned. We are thrilled to be shooting again with members of our original family as well as new talents on both sides of the camera.
‘All your favourite characters will soon be conspiring at the council tables, marching with their armies, and riding their dragons into battle. We can’t wait to share what we have in store.’
Cast for season two includes Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans.
Additional returning stars include Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall, and Matthew Needham.
The first season received acclaim with critics with particular praise given to the show’s visual effects and character development.
HBO bosses will be hoping the next batch of episodes replicates the success of season one, with then first episode watched by over 10 million on its first day.
It comes after House of the Dragon star Matt Smith’s former The Crown co-star Claire Foy admitted she struggles to watch him on the fantasy series.
Matt protrays the divisive and unpleasant Prince Daemon Targaryen in the show.
Claire said: ‘I’ve watched all of [it]. It took a huge amount of commitment, which waned towards the end.’
The actress held nothing back as 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.
‘I then had to tell [Smith] that I found them disgusting to watch.’
Matt’s character engaged in an incestous relationship, with a young Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock) becoming romantically involved with her uncle, Prince Daemon Targaryen (Smith), before the older Rhaenyra (Emma) eventually married him.
Before they are wed, in the fourth episode of the HBO show, Rhaenyra and her uncle engage in another incestuous activity.
He takes his young niece to the Westeros capital of King’s Landing where she visits a brothel and the pair share a kiss.
House of the Dragon debuted on August 21, drawing in 9.986 million viewers, the largest numbers for any premiere in HBO history.
Each of the House of the Dragon Season 1 episodes are now averaging 29 million viewers in the U.S.
Each episode more than triples its average debut night audience with strong catch-up viewing.
The first season of House of the Dragon is also tracking close to the seventh season of Game of Thrones, which averaged 32.8 million viewers across all platforms in the U.S.
House of the Dragon – which is set 172 years before the events of Game of Thrones – has also become a juggernaut on social media as well.
The show ranked #1 as the ‘most social series across all TV and streaming’ according to Talkwalker’s total interactions rankings.
The series was the #1 trending topic on Twitter for 10 straight hours in the U.S. on Sunday night, while global metric have increased more than 30% since its premiere.
The show also lead to ‘elevated viewership’ of the flagship series Game of Thrones, which saw ‘month over month gains’ this summer before House of the Dragon debuted.
The ascent culminated in its, ‘all-time highest weekly audience on HBO Max following the House of the Dragon premiere.’
House of the Dragon has also surpassed Game of Thrones Season 8 as the most viewed title ever in Latin America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan on an HBO streaming service.