House of Dragons

2022 - 8 - 21

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House of the Dragons Cast: Meet the Game of Thrones Prequel Actors (Den of Geek US)

Actor Paddy Considine, who also starred in the HBO miniseries The Outsider, plays this Targaryen patriarch. Edgar Wright fans may recognize Considine from his ...

Lord Lyonel is played by Gavin Spokes who has appeared in the TV series The Ipcress File and the Peacock original Hitmen. Ser Criston is played by Fabien Frankel, who had a small role in the movie Last Christmas with Game of Thrones alum Emilia Clarke and a recurring role in the BBC miniseries The Serpent. Paterson will most likely be recognized for his role as Fleabag’s father in Fleabag, but he has also appeared in The Sandman and Good Omens. The younger brother of Ser Harwin, Larys Strong is brought into the King’s court by his father. This pillar of strength is played by Graham McTavish, an actor with many credits in genre work including The Hobbit trilogy, The Witcher, Outlander, and Preacher. Twins Jason and Tyland Lannister are played by Jefferson Hall, who you may recognize from the Hulu series Devs, in which he starred with Sonoya Mizuno. She also appears as the 12 year-old version of Diana in 2017’s Wonder Woman and as the 14 year-old version of Lara Croft in the 2018 Tomb Raider film adaptation. The younger brother of King Viserys, Prince Daemon is a fierce warrior and dragonrider who seeks the power of the crown for himself. Otto sees Prince Daemon’s desire for power as a threat to the realm and therefore uses his position to influence King Viserys’ perception of his brother. Because of her father’s position, Alicent was raised in the Red Keep and grew up as a friend to Princess Rhaenyra. [Game of Thrones](https://www.denofgeek.com/game-of-thrones/) prequel, [House of the Dragon](https://www.denofgeek.com/house-of-the-dragon/), will feature an extensive ensemble cast. The first born child of King Viserys, Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen has been selected as his heir despite the Targaryen’s history of patriarchal lineage.

Where was House of the Dragon filmed? Filming locations around ... (iNews)

The island of St Michael's Mount, the Peak District and a hilltop village in Portugal are among the other spots used in the first series of the new fantasy ...

Filming also took the cast and crew to the hilltop Portuguese village of Monsanto. It sits on the boundary of the northern gritstone “Dark Peak” and the southern limestone “White Peak” and at the head of the Hope Valley, right in the thick of the Peak District National Park. It is around 177-meters high and offers views across Farnborough and the surrounding countryside. Fragments of the castle, said to have been built by the Knights Templar, remain today. The Unesco-listed old town of Cáceres is a mix of cobbled streets, Renaissance palaces and religious buildings and its architecture includes Roman, Islamic, Northern Gothic and Italian Renaissance styles. The summit of Eldon Hill passes above the quarry. The Peak District village was founded after the building of Peveril Castle in 1086, the ruins of which remain overlooking the village. The popularity of recognisable locations in the original television epic suggests a similar bout of interest could drive fans to these freshly scouted spots. The cost is £13 for children aged 5–7 and entry is free for under-fives. The tidal beach is already a popular spot helped by its white sand, invitingly blue sea and rugged rock stacks – and its role in Poldark. The castle, village, harbour and lawns are open Monday to Friday with adult tickets £14, children (aged 5–17) £7 and access free for under-fives. In doing so, its makers flitted between foreboding Cornish beaches, Spain’s Gothic towns, a Portuguese village and the Peak District.

All the nerdy things you need to know about 'House of the Dragon ... (CNN)

Emma D'Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen and Matt Smith as Daemon Targaryen discuss their bleach-and-tone routines in HBO's new "House of the Dragon." HBO Max.

- Alicent Hightower is Viserys' second wife and stepmother to Rhaenyra. - King Viserys I is the current king of Westeros. No wonder they all went mad. Are your wheels completely greased for a new era of "Game of Thrones?" - Prince Daemon is Viserys' brother and Rhaenyra's uncle. So at this point in the game, when HoD takes place, the current political system has only seen Targaryen rulers. Another good thing to remember is that many people in Westeros believe the Targaryens have a genetic tendency towards insanity. She is Aegon II's mother and has designs to be Westeros' first queen regnant, so she doesn't get along with her stepdaughter. He's your typical Hamlet-y "always a prince, never a king" kind of figure. Their scaled steeds brought the family from their original home of Valyria and helped them conquer all of Westeros. (The Targaryen family tree is very narrow, yet complicated. Here is everything you need to know before you watch so you can avoid common confusions like "Why are all of these blonde people so sad?"

House of the Dragon Episode 1 Preview: Release Date, Time ... (The Review Geek)

When is episode 1 of House of the Dragon Season 1 airing? Where can you watch this fantasy drama? Here's everything we know:

House of the Dragon is available to watch on the HBO channel and HBO Max. House of the Dragon is the long-awaited prequel to Game of Thrones, taking place 200 years before the War of the Five Kings. What do you hope to see as the series progresses?

What time is House of the Dragon released in the UK? (Radio Times)

Game of Thrones' much-anticipated prequel series House of the Dragon has almost arrived and will show a bloody conflict for House Targaryen.

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The “House of the Dragon” Première Recap: A Bad-Heir Day (The New Yorker)

The “Game of Thrones” spinoff tries to recapture the magic through nostalgic detail, family fights, and grisly scenes of childbirth.

Rhaenyra’s voice-over tells us that the old king knew that “the only thing that could tear down the House of the Dragon was itself.” Ain’t that the truth, king. Like the infamous final season of “Thrones,” “Dragon” doesn’t always make the most of its story’s assets. There’s funny dialogue, but mostly of the unintentional variety: “Laughing with your whores and your lickspittles!” the king yells to a relative, in a rage. Will “House of the Dragon” have us obsessing about the Crabfeeder? “Game of Thrones,” for all its flaws, was a Sunday-night treasure for a reason: its wild inventiveness and beauty, its overstuffed intrigue and action, its humor, its characters. (Did they always sound so Wookiee-like?) And it’s hard not to love a show in which hundreds of flickering votive candles surround not rose petals and a proposal but a dragon skull the size of a Humvee. The Daemon-Rhaenyra dynamic, and Daemon’s flaxen wig and eyes narrowed in constant scheming, recalls the Targaryens we know best: Daenerys and her brother, also named Viserys, whose death in “Thrones” involved our rejoicing while he encountered a faceful of molten gold. “Dragon” swiftly provides some of the old “Thrones” pleasures. Inside the palace, Rhaenyra and her friend Alicent Hightower visit the hugely pregnant queen (“This discomfort is how we serve the realm,” she says, proud and grim), and then Rhaenyra zips off to a meeting of the king and his advisers, where, as she pours water for them, undercover-Arya style, she listens to the proceedings: reports that begin “We’ve all been poring over the moon charts”; a discussion of a pirate-punishing madman called the Crabfeeder. Martin’s “ [Fire and Blood](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593598008),” tells the story of House Targaryen in an era well before our old friends showed up—a hundred and seventy-two years before the death of the Mad King, the opening titles inform us, and the birth of his daughter Daenerys Targaryen. Like Rhaenyra, he’s a dragon rider—not just anybody can pilot those things—and, also like her, he’s a possible contender for the Iron Throne. The show opens not with a grim ice-monster sequence, as “Thrones” did—hat tip to that—but with the announcement, in a grand hall, of Prince Viserys (Paddy Considine) as the next king.

Is the Mad King in House of the Dragon? (Manchester Evening News)

A giant figure in Game of Thrones lore is the Mad King, Aerys Targareyn II. He sat on the Iron Throne before the events of the smash hit HBO series take ...

House of the Dragon is just one key historic event the creators of Game of Thrones could explore, giving an in depth look at the Targaryen family. Within Westeros lore there is a saying that when a Targaryen is born the gods flip a coin, meaning they would be brilliant or insane. House of the Dragon will air from Monday, August 22, 2022 with weekly episodes on Sky Atlantic and Now TV. A giant figure in Game of Thrones lore is the Mad King, Aerys Targareyn II. King at this time was Viserys I Targaryen, who is the mad king’s seven times great grandfather. This is because Aerys II ruled nearly two centuries after the era in which the new show takes place.