George RR Martin and the cast of HBO’s House of the Dragon came out on the first prequel to “Game of Thrones” at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, revealing some important anecdotes about the show ahead of its August 21 premiere. . Although they’ve been pretty vigilant about the plot, Martin, Ryan Condall, who co-starred on the series with Miguel Saposhnik, and the stars dropped several interesting facts about the Targaryen-centric show — including work already done in the second season.
Here are five key tips from the presentation in Hall H.
1. ‘House of the Dragon’ will address Westeros’ history of misogyny
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“My books are fantasies, of course,” Martin said, “but I follow history a lot.” “I get inspiration from history and I take items from history and turn them into 11 – the obligatory ‘Spinal Tap’ reference – or into 111. As many people have noted, ‘Game of Thrones’ was loosely based during the English War and the Rhodes. This show was based on To an earlier period in medieval history called anarchy I stole true history freely – Henry I, King of England, when his only legitimate son drowned while trying to cross the English Channel, leaving him only one legitimate child, his daughter Matilda. He named her his heir and made her parents They swear the kingdom to her. And then a few years later he died and most of the princes of the kingdom forgot this oath and said, ‘Oh, that doesn’t apply’, because here comes her cousin Stephen who crosses the canal quickly and steals the treasury and gets himself crowned king and they enter a period called Chaos.”
Martin notes that the period was “horrific and bloody” and that “House of the Dragon” will reflect this in its story between Prince Damon (Matt Smith) and Princess Rhinera (Emma Darcy and Millie Alcock), who are competing for King Viserys I Targaryen’s (Paddy Considine) Iron Throne. .
2. George RR Martin didn’t meet the cast until Comic Con
Martin has been so careful to keep himself socially apart during the COVID-19 pandemic that he has stayed home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. So it should come as no surprise that he hasn’t met the cast or visited the set of “House of the Dragon.” However, it was exciting to know that Comic-Con marked the first time Martin had met the stars of his eagerly anticipated adaptation.
3. The production is already preparing for a second season
HBO has yet to grant an official renewal of “House of the Dragon” for a second season, but Condal confirmed during a Comic-Con panel that the production is already working on dragons that viewers won’t even see in season one, and for season two plots. He also joked that they had a “headless budget” specifically for season two.
4. The actresses who played the junior and senior versions of Rhaenyra and Alicent did not work together on the characters
House of the Dragon features two groups of actresses playing the lead roles of Viserys’ first child, Princess Rainera (Emma Darcy and Millie Alcock) and Mrs. Aliscent Hightower (Olivia Cooke and Emily Carey) as the story begins with best friends as young women and proceeds in time to adulthood. Alcock and Carey revealed during the panel that they did not spend time with their peers building characters during the making of the series, and were left largely to develop them independently of their older versions.
5. George R.R. Martin Won’t Make a Engraving Until He Has Finished “The Winds of Winter”
If you’re hoping Martin will finally make his long-awaited screen debut in the “Game of Thrones” franchise on HBO, you’ll have to wait much longer because he won’t appear in the first season of “House of the Dragon.” In fact, he says he won’t. Never until he finishes his first priority: completing The Winds of Winter.
“You probably don’t know, but there’s this book I’m writing, I’m a little late,” Martin said to the laughter of the crowd in Room E of the San Diego Convention Center. “I don’t see myself visiting a group or doing anything until I finish this book and turn it in.”
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