Olivia Cooke has revealed that she took a secret three-week holiday in Mallorca while House of the Dragon Season 3 was still filming last year.
The secret break
In her British GQ interview, Cooke explained that the overall production schedule stretches about seven months, but she was only actually needed for 40 days.
During one of those gaps, she slipped away.
“They didn’t know this, but I went to Spain for three weeks on holiday. They thought I was in east London.”
In reality, she was in Mallorca with her partner and friends. At the same time, the cast and crew were filming a big battle scene that doesn’t involve her character, Alicent Hightower. The interviewer noted that the story highlighted Cooke’s levels of chill.
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Why it worked
Because her remaining scenes were limited and the battle sequence was already locked in, Cooke was able to disappear without disrupting the schedule. She has not said whether she formally checked in or simply went off the radar while listed as being in east London.
When asked if she thinks she could pull off the same thing next season, Cooke replied: “Probably not, now that I’ve said it.”
Related context
This lines up with an earlier interview from September 2025 in which Cooke spoke to The Hollywood Reporter while already in Mallorca, casually noting that the rest of the cast were “off shooting a battle at the moment.”
The GQ conversation is the first time she has publicly admitted the holiday was done without production’s knowledge.
