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House of the Dragon: EVERYTHING You Need to Know!
Bow down to your these dragon masters.
Who are now officially Emmy nominees. On July 12, astir a twelvemonth aft HBO's Game of Thrones prequel bid House of the Dragon premiered, the show nabbed 4 nods including Best Drama Series.
Focusing connected Mother of Dragons Daenerys Targaryen's ancestors from House Targaryen, the series (co-created by author George R. R. Martin) takes spot hundreds of years earlier the events of Game of Thrones, which ended successful 2019. Of course, determination are much than conscionable Targaryens successful King's Landing, arsenic different salient families find themselves looking to marque almighty alliances. It is a Game of Thrones prequel aft all. (As for everything we cognize astir play two, click here.)
Naturally, the cast—which includes Matt Smith, Paddy Considine, Olivia Cooke, Emma D'Arcy, Fabien Frankel, Steve Toussaint and Eve Best—absolutely slays successful their roles. After all, those Emmy nominations were good deserved.
Perhaps particularly the show's designation successful the Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes category. So crook the genu and support speechmaking to spot these stars successful and retired of costume. We warrant your jaws volition drop...
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Paddy Considine arsenic King Viserys Targaryen
King Viserys Targaryen was chosen by the Lords of Westeros to win the Old King, Jaehaerys Targaryen, astatine the Great Council astatine Harrenhal. A warm, benignant and decent man, Viserys lone wishes to transportation guardant his grandfather's legacy. But bully men bash not needfully marque for large kings.
At San Diego Comic-Con 2022, Considine said his character is a "kind man" who is "trying to support the bid clip going wrong the kingdom."
He added, "He's a antheral who cares astir things...but he's besides carrying thing else, a benignant of concealed that's revealed successful the amusement that benignant of refers to the imaginable autumn of man."
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Matt Smith arsenic Prince Daemon Targaryen
The younger member to King Viserys and heir to the throne. A peerless warrior and a dragonrider, Daemon possesses the existent humor of the dragon. But it is said that whenever a Targaryen is born, the gods flip a coin successful the air…
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Olivia Cooke arsenic Alicent Hightower
The girl of Otto Hightower, the Hand of the King, and the astir comely pistillate successful the Seven Kingdoms. She was raised successful the Red Keep, adjacent to the king and his innermost circle; she possesses some a courtly grace and a keen governmental acumen.
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Emma D’Arcy arsenic Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen
The king's first-born child, she is of axenic Valyrian blood, and she is simply a dragonrider. Many would accidental that Rhaenyra was calved with everything… but she was not calved a man.
Milly Alcock plays a younger mentation of the character.
As for what drives Rhaenyra? "Fire," D'Arcy said astatine Comic-Con 2022. "I deliberation Rhaenyra is fueled by that aged Targaryen stuff...working retired erstwhile to fto that occurrence pain and erstwhile to dampen it."
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Steve Toussaint arsenic Lord Corlys Velaryon
He is Lord of House Velaryon, a Valyrian bloodline arsenic aged arsenic House Targaryen. As "The Sea Snake," the astir famed nautical adventurer successful the past of Westeros, Lord Corlys built his location into a almighty spot that is adjacent richer than the Lannisters and that claims the largest navy successful the world.
At Comic-Con, Toussaint said his quality a "famed nautical man."
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Fabien Frankel arsenic Ser Criston Cole
Of Dornish descent, the common-born lad of the steward to the Lord of Blackhaven. Cole has nary assertion to onshore oregon titles; each helium has to his sanction is his grant and his preternatural accomplishment with a sword.
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Eve Best arsenic Princess Rhaenys Velaryon
Princess Rhaenys, played by Eve Best, is simply a dragonrider and woman to Lord Corlys Velaryon, "The Queen Who Never Was" was passed implicit arsenic heir to the throne astatine the Great Council due to the fact that the realm favored her cousin, Viserys, simply for being male.
Eve said the rubric of "The Queen That Never Was" truly pisses disconnected her character, adding, "She should've been the queen and it's benignant of annoying that she isn't."
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Sonoya Mizuno arsenic Mysaria
She who came to Westeros with thing and has been sold much times than she tin recall. She could person wilted... but alternatively she roseate to go the astir trusted—and astir unlikely—ally of Prince Daemon Targaryen, the heir to the throne.
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Rhys Ifans arsenic Otto Hightower
The Hand of the King, Ser Otto loyally and faithfully serves some his king and his realm. As the Hand sees it, the top menace to the realm is the king's brother, Daemon, and his presumption arsenic heir to the throne.
The 2023 Emmy Awards aerial connected Fox Monday, Sept. 18, astatine 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
