Entertainment TV Elizabeth Olsen Has No Idea Where 'House of the Dragon' Casting Rumors Started: 'Dream Casting Is Fun' Elizabeth Olsen has said she auditioned for the role of Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones By Tommy McArdle Tommy McArdle Tommy McArdle is an editorial assistant on the Movies team at PEOPLE. Tommy joined PEOPLE in 2022. People Editorial Guidelines Published on September 29, 2022 01:00PM EDT Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty It doesn't seem like Elizabeth Olsen will make an appearance in King's Landing anytime soon. While attending Variety's Power of Women gala in Los Angeles on Wednesday the 33-year-old actress dismissed recent speculation she might join HBO's Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon. "I don't know how things, like rumors like that, get started — and then people think they're legitimate," Olsen told Entertainment Tonight with a laugh on Wednesday,. "Dream casting is fun, yeah, but I heard it was, like, announced though, which is weirder," she added. Several people told Olsen that the rumors, which appeared to start with an unverified pop culture Twitter account on Sept. 4, were reported as factual, according to ET. But Olsen clarified, "I never heard of such a thing." Elizabeth Olsen Says She 'Hopes' to Return to MCU but Doesn't Know: 'They Don't Tell Me Anything' Olsen did say she'd be open to taking on a Westerosi character if House of the Dragon's production team had an interest in working with her. "I mean, sure, yeah. [I'd like do to] anything that's worth telling, that's a good story, that's innovative, that [has] great characters," she said. Disney+/Marvel Studios/Courtesy Everett Collection Olsen, who is best known for playing Wanda Maximoff/The Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, recalled her less-than-stellar audition for Game of Thrones more than a decade ago on The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast last year. Emilia Clarke Confirms She's Joining the Marvel Universe with Disney+ Series Secret Invasion Olsen explained at the time that she auditioned for the role of Daenerys Targaryen, which ultimately proved to be Emilia Clarke's breakout role. "I auditioned for Game of Thrones. I auditioned for, like, the assistant to the casting director in a small room in New York with just a camera on me and them reading the script," Olsen recalled. "I was doing the Khaleesi speech when she comes out of the fire. It was awful," she added. "I didn't get a callback." Dominik Bindl/Getty; HBO Olsen told Vulture in 2019 that the Game of Thrones audition "was the most awkward audition I'd ever had." "After [Daenerys] just burned. And she's making this speech to thousands of people about how she's their queen," she explained at the time. "They didn't know if they wanted a British accent or not. So, you did it in both. It was terrible. Anytime someone says, 'Bad audition story.' That's one I remember." House of the Dragon Creator Confirms Milly Alcock and Emily Carey Won't Return for Season 2 On Tuesday, House of the Dragon's creator Ryan Condal told Variety that there are no current plans for Milly Alcock and Emily Carey, who portray young versions of Rhaenyra Targaryen (Alcock) and Alicent Hightower (Carey) through the show's first five episodes, to return for future seasons. Ollie Upton/HBO "I mean, look, I don't know. [They] are not a part of the story that we're telling yet," he told Variety. "That's not a thing that we're doing right now." Condal also reminded the publication that Game of Thrones was not often keen on flashbacks — however, House of the Dragon may be able to get "a little bit more fancy." "There are things that we haven't fully sorted out," he added. "I'm not closing the door on anything. So there, how's that for an answer?" Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. House of the Dragon airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO.