Warning: MAIN SPOILERS for the first episode of dragon house on hbo.
dragon house finally debuted on HBO, more than three years after the end of game of Thrones. The new show begins with House Targaryen ruling with many dragonborn, but still struggling with who should be next in line. for the iron throne . King Viserys’ desire to inherit a son led to the bloodiest scene of the series premiere and, surprisingly, it wasn’t because of Daemon’s raid on King’s Landing criminals or the jousting, but because of the Queen’s birth. . the birth of her child. .
Aemma made it clear to her husband that this would be her last pregnancy because she couldn’t take it anymore, while Viserys was sure she was going to have a boy. In the end they were both right, but not in the way they expected. The newborn prince was cut by Aemma (courtesy of Viserys) for an extremely gory scene. Paddy Considine, who plays Viserys dragon housecredited actress Sian Brooke for her work as queen and shared the stage with Gossipify at a press event:
Sian had most of it. She wore this. It was very physical, like being dragged onto the bed. There was a midwife there … Lots of buckets of blood and pumps and things like that. It was a physically difficult day for her and it was an exciting day. This scene was actually more emotional than even the final cut. [For] Viserys, here [were] some versions where he is absolutely clueless. I don’t know if you felt like you didn’t have the right to show it devastated if you want, but yeah, it was a tough day on set. Sian was the real kind of training of this.
Sian Brooke may not have had more screen time in the first episode of dragon house, but the actress assured that her performance was one of the most memorable. Between Aemma’s clearly difficult pregnancy, her attempts to give birth and her reaction when she realized that Viserys had given her permission to be torn apart to save the baby while she was still fully conscious, it’s not hard to see why. emotional. film!
According to Paddy Considine, he filmed some versions as a more devastated Viserys. The king is certainly angry with the finished product; Apparently, the bloody loss of his wife (and child soon after) took its toll on him on several occasions. The actor explained what his co-star went through for Aemma’s birth scene:
They had to drag her onto the bed and it was also very difficult, but the thing is, you’re trying to make things look authentic, but it’s also very, very technical. There is a lot of technical stuff going on. There are bombs … and it’s wearing out Sian because it’s like something is technically wrong, we have to go back and get it back. But you know, who’s complaining? It worked.
Authenticity was the key to selling this scene, and the final product certainly hid all the technical tricks and bombs used to the horror of what Aemma was going through and what her husband was doing to her to have an heir. . What they were shooting wasn’t exactly straightforward in case they had to do one take after another which is a big difference to a bloodless dialogue scene like this one. delivered the big one game of Thrones tie that perhaps was not really necessary .
But as Paddy Considine said, it worked! Sian Brooke wasn’t listed as a series regular when HBO released the cast list, so it’s no surprise that Queen Aemma didn’t last long. The actors had to find a way to sell a love match that had already produced a healthy child with Rhaenyra, without spending much time together. Considine explained:
We invest! We haven’t known each other for so long. We had to make their relationship credible in a short time, and sometimes it’s very, very difficult. You want some time to get to know someone, but she came for a few days and trashed it and we connected very well and it was believable. The shadow of him hovers over this series and hovers over Viserys for a long time.
Even though Queen Aemma is gone (and will likely be replaced sooner rather than later, based on what the trailer revealed ), her life and death will obviously rest with her husband. She has already taken a big step by naming her daughter as heir to the throne; no matter how she progresses, she will not be forgotten.
However, a time jump is on the way at some point, as previous versions of Rhaenyra and Alicent Hightower have been released and are widely featured in preview images. It should be interesting to see if Aemma’s legacy still hangs over Viserys after the time jump, or if her grief will be a thing of the past. It seems safe to say that whatever happens next, things it could get seriously chaotic in the Seven Kingdoms .
Keep tuning in to HBO on Sundays at 9 p.m. ET for new episodes of dragon house in the 2022 television program . You can still catch up on all the action in Westeros so far with the full series of game of Thrones transmission via an HBO Max subscription .
Source: Cinemablend
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