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HOUSE OF THE DRAGON: Creating Mythic Characters – Jennifer Merin interviews

June 13, 2024June 17, 2024 Jennifer Merin Bethany Antonia, emma d'arcy, eve best, fabien frankel, hbo max, House of the Dragon, matt smith, Ryan Condal, Steve Toussaint, tom glynn-carney, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

HBO Max’s series House of The Dragon creates its own fantastic universe around a cast of mythic characters who weave themselves into the fabric of an immensely complicated and twisting history. The series doesn’t shoot in sequence, so Keeping track of where they are in the tale and in their personal character arcs must be a daunting task for the actors. At a recent press conference, I had the opportunity to ask them about the choices they’ve made to help them with their journey.

Reviews

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON – Review by Susan Granger

August 23, 2022August 27, 2022 Susan Granger hbo, House of the Dragon, matt smith, Miguel Sapochnik, Milly Alcock, Rhys Ifans, Ryan Condai

So many people wanted to see HBO’s debut of House of the Dragon that they crashed the streaming service! Set in Westeros nearly 200 years before Game of Thrones, this pulpy, 10-episode prequel is based on George R.R. Martin’s novel Fire & Blood – both of which it offers in abundance. The plot revolves around an earlier civil war for the Iron Throne, waged largely among various factions of the silver-haired, incestuous Targaryan dynasty, ancestors of Dragon Queen Daenerys Targaryan, played by Emilia Clarke in Game of Thrones. It’s all about family rivalry.