If there's one thing that Dowager Queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) likes to do on House of the Dragon, it's sulk about her life choices. But if there's one other thing she likes to do, it's to wear the color green. The show is about a battle for the Iron Throne fought between two rival factions of the Targaryen dynasty. Alicent's faction is literally called the Greens, named after a green dress she once wore so well it set off a war. So of course her closet is full of nothing but green dresses.
Folks thought of this when they saw a picture of pop star Charli XCX on the set of her new movie 100 Nights of Hero:
Charli XCX as Alicent Hightower in 100 Nights of Hero pic.twitter.com/wEzHm9Wgoq
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I see it. I'm sorry: if you're in a vaguely fantasy milieu and wear a green dress, you're going to get compared to Alicent Hightower. She basically owns the color now.
In reality, Charlie XCX is playing a minor character named Rosa. 100 Nights of Hero is based on the comic book The 100 Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg, which is itself inspired by the folk tales collected in One Thousand and One Nights, also known as Arabian Nights. The movie is about a woman named Cherry (Maika Monroe) who is in a loveless marriage to a man named Jerome (Amir El-Masry). Jerome makes a bet with his friend Manfred (Nicholas Galitzine): if Manfred can seduce Cherry within 100 nights, Jerome will give Cherry to him. Cherry, meanwhile, hatches a plan with her lover Hero (Emma Corrin), who will tell Manfred fascinating stories over those 100 nights to distract him from his seduction attempts.
I'm not sure what role Rosa plays in all of this. If she's anything like Alicent, she'll misinterpret her dying husband's last words and then spend weeks on end nervously contemplating the sadness of it all.
There's no release date for 100 Nights of Hero as of yet, but the third season of House of the Dragon will likely be out on HBO and Max sometime in 2026.
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