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24.10.2022 - 03:29 / usmagazine.com
Fire cannot kill a dragon — or a franchise. HBO is returning to Westeros with the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, and once again the cast is almost unrecognizable outside of their wigs and costumes.
Matt Smith, who plays Daemon Targaryen, has donned plenty of unusual outfits during his career, but even he was initially intimidated by his character’s platinum wig.
“I was like, ‘How can I act through this blonde wig?’ because all you can see is the blonde wig when you first put it on,” the Crown alum told The Hollywood Reporter in July 2022. “But it’s like anything, you get used to it and learn to ignore it. It was cool in the end, I’ve got three sorts of distinct haircuts in this, which is lucky because everyone else has just one thing all the time.”
Emma D’Arcy, who plays Rhaenyra Targaryen, got into the wig game even before landing the role — but not without some struggle. The U.K. native wanted to wear Targaryen-esque hair for their audition tape, but with no wigs on hand at home, they had to improvise.
“All I had were some hair extensions left over from a job. No way of attaching them to me, no idea how to do that,” D’Arcy told Entertainment Weekly in July 2022. “For 24 hours, me and my partner just tried — I can’t put more emphasis behind that word. … We would send photos to [executive producer] Miguel [Sapochnik], and we thought we’d cracked it. And he said, ‘Can you keep trying?'”
All that effort eventually paid off, because D’Arcy landed the part of adult Rhaenyra over dozens of other actors. (A younger version of the Targaryen princess is played by Milly Alcock.)
While the House of the Dragon cast may be able to travel incognito for now, that will likely change if the series gains even a fraction of the
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House Of The Dragon producer Sara Hess has said she’s “baffled” by viewers who are attracted to Daemon Targaryen.The character, played by Matt Smith, has attracted admirers online since the first episode, who have nicknamed him “daddy Daemon” in various posts on Twitter.Events in the eighth episode helped drive the attraction further, where Daemon helped his ailing brother, King Viserys, as he stumbled up the stairs to the Iron Throne.Considering the character’s past actions however, including the murder of his wife, the show’s producer has said she’s perplexed by the fandom around him.Already missing daddy daemon pic.twitter.com/mDeSHFfmyh— Gabby (@wonderlandgabby) October 17, 2022NOT THIS MAN SIGNING AS "DADDY DAEMON" SOMEONE STOP HIM pic.twitter.com/OLQnAE4UsO— kenny (@houseofdarklina) October 15, 2022Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Hess said: “He’s become Internet Boyfriend in a way that baffles me. Not that Matt isn’t incredibly charismatic and wonderful, and he’s incredible in the role.
has delivered a new bad boy Internet boyfriend to the masses — and at least one of the series' writers can't quite make sense of it. In an interview with , writer and executive producer Sara Hess and director Clare Kilner hilariously open up about the fan love and thirst for Matt Smith's complex performance as Daemon Targaryen — which often finds him involved in both murderous and incestuous plotlines. «He’s become Internet Boyfriend in a way that baffles me,» Hess remarks of the character. «Not that Matt isn’t incredibly charismatic and wonderful, and he’s incredible in the role. But Daemon himself is … I don’t want him to be my boyfriend! I’m a little baffled how they’re all, 'Oh, daddy!' And I’m just like: 'Really?' How -- in what way -- was he a good partner, father or brother -- to ? You got me.
to the Irish Sun, the scenes depicting Diana’s tragic death have “sparked fury.”Princess Diana died in 1997 at 37 following a car accident in Paris’ Pont de l’Alma tunnel while she was being pursued by paparazzi, sparking an international period of mourning. A source from the show reportedly said that crew members are speaking out about the depiction of her death on-screen.“To be going back to Paris and turning Diana’s final days and hours into a drama feels very uncomfortable. Finally, some of the crew members are pushing back,” they told the Sun. “The show always tried to present a fictional version of royal history with as much sensitivity as possible.
, is at it again!On October 15, and fellow Oscar Award-winning actor spent the evening together at the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles, wearing dresses from the same collection. This, of course, was no coincidence.
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Zack Sharf Ever since “House of the Dragon” started its debut season, fans have been sensing queer undertones in the relationship between Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower. The characters were played in their younger years by Milly Alcock and Emily Carey, the latter of whom confirmed to Variety that the actors discussed the queer intimacy that might exist between their characters. “I mean, we kind of started that discourse,” Carey said. “We were in the rehearsal room…I believe it’s Episode 4. It’s not necessarily something we had talked about yet. We were doing a scene, and Milly and I looked at each other like, ‘It kind of felt like we were about to kiss? That was really weird!’ And so we talked about it.”
House of the Dragon series proved red is definitely her colour. The star of the Game of Thrones spin off show, graced the red carpet at the Bulgari High Jewellery Gala held in St Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday night, wearing a red feathered gown from none other than 16 Arlington.
Fans of “House Of The Dragon” are annoyed with the frequent “time jumps” (two in 8 episodes, yes!) in the series. However, George RR Martin defended screenwriter Ryan J Condal and says that both time leaps have been “handled very well.”
House Of the Dragon season one.Throughout the first season of the Game Of Thrones spin-off, viewers saw various members of the Targaryen family through several iterations, with Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke replacing Milly Alcock and Emily Carey as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Queen Alicent Hightower, while Tom Glynn-Carney and Ewan Mitchell took over the roles of Prince Aegon Targaryen and Prince Aemond “One-Eye” Targaryen.However, fans had noted the omission of their youngest brother, Daeron Targaryen, who didn’t feature at all in the first season.Martin however, has since cleared up any confusion, explaining Daeron’s absence in his latest blog post.“Yes, Alicent gave Viserys four children, three sons and a daughter,” wrote the Game Of Thrones author. “Their youngest son Daeron is down in Oldtown, we just did not have the time to work him in this season.”Also in the blog post, Martin took the opportunity to praise the performance of actor Paddy Considine, noting that his portrayal of King Viserys was “more powerful and tragic and fully-fleshed” that his own written version.“Kudos to Eileen Shim, the scriptwriter, to Geeta Patel, the director, to our incredible cast… and particularly to Paddy Considine, for his portrayal of King Viserys, the First of His Name,” Martin wrote.“The character he created (with Ryan [Condal] and Sara [Hess] and the rest of our writers) for the show is so much more powerful and tragic and fully-fleshed than my own version in Fire & Blood that I am half tempted to go back and rip up those chapters and rewrite the whole history of his reign.He added: “Paddy deserves an Emmy for this episode alone.