Stop what you're doing: two actors have shown public affection for each other. In this case, the actors are House of the Dragon stars Olivia Cooke (Alicent Hightower) and Ralph Davis (Leon Estermont). The two were photographed canoodling, which is the cutesy, paparazzi-approved word for making out, at the Wimbleton tennis tournament.
Alicent Hightower is one of the main characters on House of the Dragon, a conflicted queen mother whose family is at war with her former best friend Rhaenyra Targaryen, who wants to take the Iron Throne away from Alicent's son Aegon. Last we checked on that bunch, Aegon had fled the capital city of King's Landing and Alicent was betraying her own family to side with Rhaenyra.
Leon Estermont isn't as important a character; he's one of King's Aegon's layabout friends. Aegon appointed Leon and his other buddies to the Kingsguard after he ascended the throne despite the fact that they were clearly unqualified. After Aegon is injured, his brother Aemond takes over his duties and immediately sends Leon and the others packing. I doubt if we'll see him again in House of the Dragon season 3, which is due out on HBO and HBO Max sometime next year.
But we'll definitely see more of Alicent, so maybe Ralph Davis will be hanging out on set anyway! There's at least one picture of the two of them on set for season 2, dressed in their full Westeros regalia:
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And that's pretty much it for this story: two actors are dating. Olivia Cooke was wearing a Ralph Lauren suit. Is that interesting?
Wimbledon also seems to be a good place for celebrity spotting. Just earlier this week Andrew Garfield and Bridgerton star Charithra Chandran were going viral for sitting near each other, their heads swiveling slightly to and fro as they watched a tennis ball fly back and forth. Tennis brings people together, I guess.
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