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House of the Dragon's Tom Glynn-Carney explained however helium truly feels astir his quality Aegon being compared to Game Of Throne's King Joffrey.
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House Of Dragon's Tom Glynn-Carney knows his quality Aegon Targaryen has large King Joffrey vigor and he's wholly present for it.
During the Official Game Of Thrones Convention connected Dec. 11, Glynn-Carney was joined by Game of Thrones alum Jack Gleeson, and the 2 kings discussed their respective tyrannical leaders of Westeros—with Glynn-Carney noting however they're really somewhat different.
"It's a compliment to me," Glynn-Carney said of fans comparing to Aegon to Joffrey online, according to Entertainment Weekly, "if anything, that I'm doing my job, and it's having the interaction that is required."
During the Game of Thrones' prequel's debut season, viewers saw Aegon rise to powerfulness acknowledgment to the acts of his scheming mother Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and gramps Ser Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans). However, Aegon has nary involvement successful being king, arsenic helium would alternatively beryllium wreaking havoc successful King's Landing. (Reminder: He's already assaulted palace maids and sired respective bastards.)
Comparable to Gleeson's King Joffrey, who besides had a sadistic inclination and power-hungry loved ones, Glynn-Carney dubbed the 2 young rulers "tortured" with "deep, heavy issues."
"Which is simply a batch of amusive to play arsenic an actor," helium added. "But I besides spot [Aegon] arsenic being incredibly complex. He's not an out-and-out psychopath. I'm not saying Joffrey is, but I spot a multilayered quality that conscionable has endless imaginable of pits of vulnerability and empathy and things that we don't spot that I deliberation it's important to person astatine slightest a spirit of, due to the fact that it brings the humanity to him, and that's what pulls radical successful 2 abstracted directions."
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You tin find retired what's adjacent for Aegon, arsenic House of the Dragon has been renewed for a 2nd play and begins accumulation successful March 2023.
Season 1 of House of the Dragon is disposable to watercourse connected HBO Max.
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