Matt Smith portrays Prince Daemon Targaryen in HBO Max’s Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon, but he just revealed that he was initially hesitant to take on the role!
04.08.2022 - 21:01 / variety.com
Zack Sharf Sony’s comic book tentpole “Morbius” is one of the biggest flops of 2022. The film, starring Jared Leto in the title role, hoped to pull in audiences on the back of record-breaker “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” as it’s set in the same extended superhero universe. And yet, critics and audiences mostly ignored “Morbius” when it opened April 1.
The film only grossed $73 million in the U.S. and came in well below the $200 million mark worldwide with just $163 million, miserable totals for a comic book movie in today’s market.Matt Smith, who starred in “Morbius” as the villainous Lucien/Milo, isn’t letting the film’s reception phase him too much. “Morbius” is hardly the first studio tentpole starring Smith that has backfired with critics and fans.
The “Doctor Who” veteran also had a role in “Terminator Genysis,” the 2015 box office bomb. Smith has learned how to shake off a flop. “Yeah, it was thrown under the bus,” Smith told Rolling Stone about “Morbius” tanking.
“But you just have to roll with it. What else are you gonna do? It’s a film, at the end of the day, we’re not saving lives. For whatever reason, it didn’t quite work out and… It is what it is.”Variety critic Owen Gleiberman panned “Morbius” in his review, writing, “It’s neither original nor good…’Morbius’ is a generic Marvel movie, right down to Leto’s one-note scientist-turned-vampire.
The entire movie, directed by Daniel Espinosa from a script by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, is generic — naggingly, almost jarringly so. You watch it and think, ‘This is what now passes for a new Marvel chapter?'”Sony has not yet announced a second “Morbius” movie, which seems unlikely given the box office returns to the first movie. A post-credits scene at the end of the
.Matt Smith portrays Prince Daemon Targaryen in HBO Max’s Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon, but he just revealed that he was initially hesitant to take on the role!
Spoiler alert! This story contains discussion of plot details from “House of the Dragon,” Season 1, Episode 1.)Familial bonds were broken and possibly left unrepairable in the premiere episode of HBO’s “House of the Dragon.” King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) broke with his brother Prince Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) in the Season 1 premiere of the “Game of Thrones” prequel series, removing him from the line of succession after he heard that his younger sibling had called his late newborn son, “the heir for a day.” “That’s the first sort of wedge that’s driven between the brothers. And, you know, it’s a very – it’s a big moment,” Considine told TheWrap of the Throne Room scene. “Because Viserys has his responsibility as king, his brother’s insulted him.
“House of the Dragon” on Sunday evening — but some viewers were in for an infuriating night when the much-anticipated 10-episode series finally dropped after months of hype.So many fans were trying to stream the show simultaneously — that HBO Max actually crashed. This led to thousands of users not being able to watch the first episode.Many subscribers reportedly fell victim to the streamer’s app fizzling out, with the website outage service Down Detector reporting that there were at about 3,000 blackouts between 8:40 p.m. and 9:25 p,.m.
Warning: Spoilers ahead for the first episode of “House of the Dragon.”Sunday nights in Westeros are back.The “Game of Thrones” spinoff show, “House of the Dragon,” kicked off with a bang on HBO Sunday night, with fans tuning catch up with the dragon riding, incestuous Targaryen family and their questionable platinum wigs.“Game of Thrones” made fantasy TV appointment viewing during its run from 2011 to 2019, and it looks like “House of the Dragon” might bring that back. The show takes place around 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones” and is based on George R.
Matt Smith has become one of the most renowned English actors on TV after rising to prominence in the 2010s. Smith played the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC’s long-running sci-fi programme before portraying Prince Philip in Netflix’s The Crown, a royal performance which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Matt Smith hates his own indecisiveness. The 39-year-old actor freely admits to being a ditherer - but Matt is hoping to "cut away the b*******" in the coming months and years. He explained: "I’d like to try to cut away the b*******.
, HBO released a fiery, new trailer for the prequel. The action-packed footage revealed on Thursday, much to the delight of fans, teased that “Fire Will Reign.” As previously reported by ET, the all-new episodes adapted from George R.R.
House Of The Dragon star Rhys Ifans said acting in the Game Of Thrones prequel was a great opportunity to work with “incredibly talented” actors he admires including Matt Smith, Paddy Considine and Olivia Cooke. The star-studded cast and creators of the series walked the red carpet on Monday in Leicester Square, ahead of the show’s launch on Sky. House Of The Dragon is a fantasy tale based on author George RR Martin’s Fire And Blood which is set 200 years before the events of Game Of Thrones.
Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterAsk Fabien Frankel about his favorite “Game of Thrones” character, and the actor drops his head seemingly in agony.“Where to begin?” he says with a groan. “Oberyn Martell.
The stars of House of the Dragon have hit the red carpet!
K.J. Yossman The cast of “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon” made an appearance in London’s Leicester Square on Monday evening for the U.K.
Don’t expect to see Tom Holland on social media for a bit.
The new HBO series House of the Dragon is premiering this month and the cast is continuing to promote the show around the world!
Matt Smith has a take on HBO’s House of Dragons that reminds one of an old West End stage play and film, to wit: “No Sex Please, We’re British.”
Zack Sharf How many sex scenes is too many sex scenes? It’s a question Matt Smith found himself asking during the making of “House of the Dragon,” HBO’s upcoming “Game of Thrones” prequel series. The “Doctor Who” veteran stars in the series as Daemon Targaryen, the hot-headed heir presumptive to the Iron Throne and the younger brother of King Viserys.