But “he’s got a strange moral compass of his own,” Matt Smith, who portrays him, said. A Rogue Prince: Daemon Targaryen is an agent of chaos.The actor Paddy Considine discussed the character’s transformation and its meaning. A Man’s Decline: By the eighth episode of the season, Viserys no longer looks like a proud Targaryen king. The Princess and the Queen: Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke, who portray the grown-up versions of Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower, talked about the forces that drive their characters apart - and pull them together.He is still not sure how he landed the role. Playing Kingmaker: Fabien Frankel plays Ser Criston Cole, who got to place the crown on the new King of Westeros’s head.Return to Westeros in ‘House of the Dragon’ HBO’s long-awaited “Game of Thrones” prequel series is here. Leave it to Aegon, by the way, to finally say the quiet part out loud regarding the Strong bastardhood of Rhaenyra’s sons. Otto is back by the king and queen’s side, able to offer a hand in the molding of the would-be heir, Aegon the Ridiculous. (Though I’m not sure why they went to the pain and trouble of ceremonially mixing their blood, seeing as it’s mostly the same blood.) Even more noteworthy: They later managed to pull off a cozy destination wedding with zero murders. For one thing, Rhaenyra and Daemon finally got together, their pairing on the beach (along with the existence of Daemon’s two daughters) suggesting that his performance issues are behind him for now, at least. What a ride, huh? The fact that I went along with most of it - with one big exception - attests to the strength of the performances, to the ability of the episode writer (Kevin Lau) and director (Miguel Sapochnik) to weave all of the above into a mostly credible hour of drama, and to the fact that at this point, nothing seems out of bounds for this nutty family.Īlong the way, we saw the dropping of several narrative shoes. But this week’s “House of the Dragon” reminded us - as the body of the deceased tumbled into the sea and her brother wandered in after it as one cousin got inappropriately wasted as another stole a dragon and then fought his half-nephews, breaking the nose of one of them and getting his own eye slashed out in return as the drunk cousin accused his half-nephews of being illegitimate, breaking the seal on a dark (if open) family secret as the sister-in-law took a dagger to her stepdaughter, who had just returned from sleeping with her uncle as the parents came downstairs to find a man they assumed was their son burning in their fireplace - that things are a little extra in Westeros. And you thought your last family gathering was a nightmare …įunerals are rarely happy occasions anywhere.
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