SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for Episode 1 of Season 2 of House of the Dragon.
29.05.2024 - 15:43 / variety.com
Matt Smith plays Daemon, a warrior prince who exists among fire-breathing reptiles and palace intrigue. But if his character were ever to leap deeper into the supernatural, Smith has some ideas about where he could go. “I think Daemon would make a really good vampire,” he says.
“I can imagine him wandering the earth alone for all eternity.” He certainly has the coloring: Pallid and platinum-blonde, Daemon looks as if he could have arrived in the forbidding and dark world of Westeros all the way from Transylvania. But he might be too hotblooded to play the vampire. And “House of the Dragon” — a prequel to the Emmy-gobbling, earth-shattering hit “Game of Thrones,” set during the reign of the incestuous Targaryen dynasty — is unlikely to pivot into creature horror.
But it’s easy to understand what Smith, the English actor who went into the series’ August 2022 premiere as the best-known member of the “House of the Dragon” ensemble, means. Daemon is proximate to power, but he’s — vampirically — too thirsty, too isolated, too much a creature of the night to really reign. “He’d probably make a terrible king,” Smith says.
As the show enters its second season, premiering June 16, the question of Daemon’s future — as king, or as lonely wanderer — remains unresolved. The first season raced through its setup: Daemon marries his niece, Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), to help secure her claim to the Iron Throne, but when her father and Daemon’s older brother, King Viserys (Paddy Considine), dies, Rhaenyra’s rivals within the family seize power for themselves. Now, the two are grieving the loss of their son while waging an intricate blood feud — and Daemon is setting off on his own, to settle scores and rally troops for the war to come.
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for Episode 1 of Season 2 of House of the Dragon.
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Spoilers below for the first episode of “House of the Dragon” Season 2. The season premiere for the “Game of Thrones” spinoff’s second season, “House of the Dragon,” covered an infamous and controversial murder, known to fans of the books as “Blood and Cheese.” As Season 2 begins, Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) is the rightful heir to the Iron Throne, but her half-brother, Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney), and his supporters have usurped her, and now both sides are at war over whether Rhaenyra or Aegon should be monarch.
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returns for Season 2 on Sunday, June 16 (9 p.m. on HBO and streaming on Max).
“House of the Dragon” returns for Season 2 on Sunday, June 16 (9 p.m. on HBO and streaming on Max). The show was a smash hit, with around 29 million viewers tuning in weekly.
House Of The Dragon star Fabien Frankel has revealed that he auditioned for the role of George Harrison in one of Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles biopics.Announced back in February, the four biographical films will each be told from the perspective of a different Beatles group member, and will intersect to “tell the story of the greatest band in history.”Previously, it was reported that Paul Mescal will portray Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson will play John Lennon, Barry Keoghan will be Ringo Starr and Charlie Rowe will star as George Harrison. At the time of writing, these rumours have not been confirmed nor denied by Sony, which will be distributing Mendes’ films.Now, in an exclusive interview with NME, Frankel has revealed that he auditioned for the role of Harrison, but didn’t land the part.“I read to play George,” he said.
Sue Perkins has apologised after misgendering Emma D’Arcy by accident last week.During a red carpet interview, the comedian was speaking with D’Arcy’s House Of The Dragon co-star Matt Smith, when she referred to the actor as “she”. D’Arcy identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.Smith subtly corrected Perkins’ mistake by saying: “I have to say, aren’t they brilliant? They are absolutely brilliant and you’re in for a real treat with Emma this year.”He continued to praise his co-star’s work saying: “It’s a really great performance.”Perkins has since addressed the mistake, and made a post to her official X account apologising for her error.She wrote: “It was a shitty mistake.
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“She gave you all the credit” for the scene.“I can’t take the credit, [but] I have to say, aren’t they brilliant?” Smith, 41, replied, using D’Arcy’s preferred pronouns they/them. “They are absolutely brilliant, and you’re in for a real treat with Emma this year.
House Of The Dragon premiere.Smith and D’Arcy star in the returning Game of Thrones prequel series where they star as aemon and Rhaenyra Targaryen, respectively.During an interview at the House Of The Dragon season two premiere in London, Smith spoke to Sue Perkins on the red carpet about the upcoming season and the climatic moment in the season one finale where Daemon informs Rhaenyra about the death of her son, Lucerys.Perkins, who hosts Sky fan show House of the Dragon: War Room, used “she” pronouns when referring to D’Arcy. Perkins has spoken to D’Arcy earlier on the red carpet and told Smith “she gave you all the credit” for the scene.Smith replied: “I can’t take the credit, [but] I have to say, aren’t they brilliant?” Smith answered, using D’Arcy’s preferred “they/them” pronouns.
guest on the program on Wednesday morning, the American comedian did not mince his words when asked if he spoke to fellow comedian Chris Rock directly after that infamous Oscars slap, courtesy of Will Smith.Schneider recalled being in a “sticky” situation following the incident as he was “an elected official of the union” at the time, so he could not speak freely then. But today, it was a different story.“Will Smith is a tw*t.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Matt Smith is being praised online for gently course-correcting a red carpet interview in which a reporter misgendered his “House of the Dragon” co-star Emma D’Arcy. Smith and D’Arcy star on the “Game of Thrones” prequel series as Daemon and Rhaenyra Targaryen, respectively.
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“There are many pieces at play here, some of which you can’t see,” the cunning Hand to the King and member of the Green council Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans, arguably the highlight of the series) says at one point in the second season of “House Of The Dragon” trying to assuage the anxiety and perplexity of a confounded character on the show. And it’s advice Hightower would do well to share with the audience, who often wonder what in blazes is going on.