‘House of the Dragon’ star Matt Smith corrects interviewer over co-star Emma D’Arcy’s pronouns

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“She gave you all the credit” for the scene.“I can’t take the credit, [but] I have to say, aren’t they brilliant?” Smith, 41, replied, using D’Arcy’s preferred pronouns they/them. “They are absolutely brilliant, and you’re in for a real treat with Emma this year.

I think Emma’s put in … a really great performance.”Perkins, 54, apologized for the moment via X, formerly known as Twitter.“It was a s – – tty mistake.

Had loads of stuff going on in my earpiece and so wasn’t as focused as I should have been. No excuses though,” Perkins wrote. “These things matter and I feel terrible about it.

Am a massive fan of their work and would never want to be disrespectful x.”The “Doctor Who” actor admitted that filming Season 2 of “House of the Dragon” was difficult because his and D’Arcy’s characters were separated for many episodes.“It was difficult to do it without them because I love them — a person of real depth and sardonic humor and fierce intellect,” Smith told Variety.D’Arcy, 31, identifies as nonbinary and has spoken in past interviews about being a “trans-masc presenting person.”“Truth Seekers” actor D’Arcy admitted that they felt pressure to “present as a woman” at the beginning of their career to be successful in the industry.“It wasn’t sustainable, and I stopped pretending,” D’Arcy said in an interview with Them. “And weirdly at that point, I got nominated for best actress for the Golden Globes [thanks to ‘House of the Dragon’], which is like beautifully ironic.”D’Arcy has opened up on how “House of the Dragon” was the first acting job that they “brought my nonbinary identity to work.”“​​And part of that was because HBO asked me what pronouns I use, and I thought a lot about whether this was the right time,” the.