Aussie actress Milly Alcock has lifted the lid on her life before global fame, revealing she lived inside a tiny attic before landing her first major Hollywood role.
In an interview with Variety, the Sydney-born actress revealed that her life wasn’t always glamorous.
When she starred in the Australian TV series Upright, the then 18-year-old was still living in her family home.
“I was living in the attic in my family home because we didn’t have enough rooms – it was so hot in there,” the 26-year-old said.
To earn cash between acting gigs, the high school dropout also took a job as a dishwasher at a popular eatery at Marrickville in Sydney’s inner west.
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Aussie actress Milly Alcock has lifted the lid on her life before global fame. Picture: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Netflix
Alcock later showed off the property to social media star Caleb Simpson during a video tour on TikTok. Picture: TikTok/Caleb Simpson
Alcock led the camera up a ladder through a ceiling trapdoor to reveal the tiny bedroom where she spent years chasing her big break. Picture: TikTok/Caleb Simpson
It was inside that same cramped attic space that Alcock completed a series of digital auditions for the Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon due to Covid-19 pandemic travel restrictions.
She landed the breakout role of young Rhaenyra Targaryen while still working her kitchen shifts and living out of the roof.
“I never thought this would happen to me,” Alcock told Stellar Magazine.
“I was washing dishes in a restaurant, living in my mum’s attic. This doesn’t happen to people like me, so it was incredibly quick. I froze, and took a deep breath and said to my friend, ‘Do you have wine?’ Then I called my mum.”
Alcock later showed off the property to social media star Caleb Simpson during a video tour on TikTok.
She led the camera up a ladder through a ceiling trapdoor to reveal the tiny bedroom where she spent years chasing her big break.
The space featured rainbow Christmas lights, piles of books, a floor mattress, and a bare light bulb hanging from an exposed ceiling beam.
“This is where all of your hopes and dreams were dreamed up,” Simpson said.
“It is a bit magical,” Alcock replied, noting the production team on House of the Dragon mocked her during her initial digital tryouts because of the cheap wall decorations.
Alcock landed the breakout role of young Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon. Picture: HBO
Alcock as Supergirl. Picture: Supplied
The actress revealed the rest of the suburban home was adorned with an array of local road signs she claimed her mother had taken over a 15-year period.
Alcock was inside the property when she received a text message from DC Studios co-chief executive officer James Gunn confirming she had secured the role of Supergirl.
“Milly is a fantastically talented young actor, and I’m incredibly excited about her being a part of the DCU,” Gunn said on social media.
Alcock admitted to Elle magazine that the news left her in disbelief.
“I was initially like, ‘What have I done?’” she said.
“I then invited all my friends over to the house and we drank champagne.”
The film also stars Jason Momoa, Eva Ridley, and David Corenswet.
Alcock told Variety she was thrilled to take on the major comic book character for a new generation of viewers.
“I am so excited for all the young women who are going to see this,” she said.
Alcock travelled to the UK, where much of the filming for the movie took place, with reports emerging at the time that she had moved into an apartment in the Primrose Hill neighbourhood of London.
However, she has since revealed that she relocated to East London, where she is still understood to be based.
Parts of this story first appeared in Realtor and was republished with permission.
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