‘House of the Dragon’ Co-Showrunner Ryan Condal on the Pressure of Following ‘Game of Thrones’

House Of The Dragon star Paddy Considine has opened up about the show’s brutal labour scene.in the season premiere of the Game of Thrones spinoff, one climactic scene sees Queen Aemma die by C-section.Paddy Considine, who plays King Viserys, discussed the “tough” shoot in a roundtable attended by Insider. “It was very emotional,” he said. “In fact, it was a lot more brutal and a lot more emotional than it ends up in the final episode.

Outlander star Graham McTavish revealed he once turned down a role in Game of Thrones before he signed up to star in House Of The Dragon.

Naman Ramachandran “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon” debuted on HBO Max in Europe with the largest ever audience for any new series or movie on a HBO streaming service. The first episode went live on HBO Max in 21 European countries across the Nordics, Netherlands, Central Eastern Europe and Iberia at 3am CET on Monday. “The platform saw unprecedented demand starting in the early hours which peaked on Monday evening,” an HBO statement said. Viewing numbers were not provided. A spokesperson for HBO Max said: “ ‘House of the Dragon’ is by far the biggest launch in the history of HBO and HBO Max in Europe, breaking previous records for a new title. The number of viewers for the first episode exceeded all expectations.”

Games of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon has become the most watched HBO/HBO Max TV or film premiere in Europe in the network’s history.

Emma D’Arcy says there is only one incident of sexual violence in ‘Game of Thrones’ spin-off ‘House of the Dragon’. The actress, 30, said the new HBO series also focuses on “patriarchal structures from the point of view of women who have no control over those structures and for whom they were not made”. Emma, who plays Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in the prequel series, which started Sunday (21.

Matt Smith portrays Prince Daemon Targaryen in HBO Max’s Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon, but he just revealed that he was initially hesitant to take on the role!

HOUSE of the Dragon fans have been left 'sickened' by a twisted childbirth scene branded the 'most shocking Game of Thrones moment EVER'. The prequel series began on Sunday night in the US before premiering in the UK the day after.

is off to a flying start. HBO's prequel — set 200 years before Daenerys Targaryen's quest for the Iron Throne — scored nearly 10 million viewers in its Sunday night debut, making it the most highly-rated original new series premiere in the history of HBO. Officially, the cable network reports 9.986 million viewers across both linear and HBO Max streaming platforms in the United States on Sunday night -- even as the streaming app crashed on Amazon Fire TV devices, leaving a portion of potential viewers in the dark. A press release from HBO indicates that Sunday's viewership is expected to make up just a small portion — 20 to 40 percent — of the show's total gross audience. While a direct comparison would be impossible to nail down -- due in part to shifting landscapes in streaming and evolving fandoms — the and both note that first season premiered to 4.2 million viewers in 2011, while its eighth and final season premiere was watched by a record-setting 17.9 million people in 2019. brings to life George R.R.

MATT Smith left House of the Dragon fans 'choking on their dinners' with a graphic brothel sex scene. The former Doctor Who and The Crown star plays Prince Daemon Targaryen in the Game of Thrones prequel series. The first episode of House of the Dragon quickly introduced us to the Prince and his personality.

Selome Hailu Westeros came back to HBO last night with the series premiere of “House of the Dragon” — and brought the masses along with it.“House of the Dragon” drew in 9.99 million viewers across HBO and HBO Max after premiering with one episode on Sunday, according to Warner Bros. Discovery.“Game of Thrones” has remained HBO’s biggest hit of all time since concluding in 2019, and as its prequel series, “House of the Dragon” is arguably the project to get the most marketing and fanfare from the network since.

hit HBO series “House of the Dragon,” deleted her Twitter account after she was inundated with criticism about “humanizing” her villainous character.The controversy erupted last month when Carey appeared at Comic-Con in San Diego alongside fellow “House of the Dragon” cast members to promote the “Game of Thrones” prequel.Carey plays the younger version of Alicent Hightower, who is locked in a battle for succession with her childhood friend-turned-rival Rhaenyra Targaryen. The younger version of Targaryen is played in the spin-off by Milly Alcock.As in “Game of Thrones,” when viewers sided with either the Starks or the Lannisters, the premiere of “House of the Dragon” ignited a similar dynamic in which fans lined up behind either House Targaryen or House Hightower.At Comic-Con, Carey made a seemingly innocuous comment about having the “freedom” to portray the young Alicent.“There were some gaps that we had to fill, so to figure it all out I sort of started journaling, and … managed to come up with some form of backstory, and it proved to be very useful,” Carey said.“I’ve never had the freedom to create a whole human being like this before.

“House of the Dragon,” HBO has released a new trailer teasing the adventures to come in the weeks ahead, which include ample amounts of fire and blood. The new series, which takes place roughly 200 years before “Game of Thrones,” invites audiences into an era of relative peace and prosperity in Westeros under the rule of the Targaryen dynasty.

House Of The Dragon star Emma D’Arcy has spoken about the more central role of women in the new Game Of Thrones spin-off.The star, who is non-binary, plays the role of female Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in the new prequel show, and spoke to NME about the series.When asked about a quote from co-star Steve Toussaint where he spoke about being able to tell that House Of The Dragon has been made post-MeToo given the more central role of women, D’Arcy suggested it was not “any accident”.“[Showrunners] Ryan [Condal] and Miguel [Sapochnik] spoke very clearly and determinedly to both of us, even in the midst of the audition process in saying that this is a story structured around two women,” they said.“And Miguel says a nice thing about that being a good enough reason to return to Westeros, which is a universe that requires such respect that he needed a good enough reason to brave the return journey.”D’Arcy and fellow star Olivia Cooke also spoke about what will surprise people most about the series, the latter admitting how “intimate” it is.“It’s such an intimate excavation of this one family,” Cooke said. “There’s a real closeness.”D’Arcy added: “Within that family environment, the show is quite brave and exacting in its investigation of how sort of structural the patriarchy is.“There’s a fundamental groundwork within even a family unit.

Emilia Clarke after comments where he called the actress “short and dumpy”.Patrick Delany was attending the premiere of House Of The Dragon in Sydney where he made a speech before a screening of the first episode. Clarke famously played Daenerys Targaryen in predecessor show Game Of Thrones.Speaking to the audience, Delany spoke about how he was late to the former HBO fantasy series, saying: “I was like, ‘What’s this show with the short, dumpy girl walking into the fire?’”The comments were reportedly received coldly, according to those who were in attendance.In response to the backlash, a Foxtel spokesperson told Crikey: “The aim was to convey that for him, Game Of Thrones was something very different for television in 2011 and that Emilia Clarke went from relatively unknown to one of the most recognised and most-loved actors in television and film.“On behalf of Mr Delany, the Foxtel Group apologises if his remarks were misunderstood and caused any offence.”House Of The Dragon, which has just premiered, focuses on events 200 years before Game Of Thrones and the Targaryen dynasty, starring the likes of Matt Smith, Paddy Considine and Emma D’Arcy.

Spoiler alert! This story contains discussion of plot details from “House of the Dragon,” Season 1, Episode 1.)Familial bonds were broken and possibly left unrepairable in the premiere episode of HBO’s “House of the Dragon.” King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) broke with his brother Prince Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) in the Season 1 premiere of the “Game of Thrones” prequel series, removing him from the line of succession after he heard that his younger sibling had called his late newborn son, “the heir for a day.” “That’s the first sort of wedge that’s driven between the brothers. And, you know, it’s a very – it’s a big moment,” Considine told TheWrap of the Throne Room scene. “Because Viserys has his responsibility as king, his brother’s insulted him.

“House of the Dragon” on Sunday evening — but some viewers were in for an infuriating night when the much-anticipated 10-episode series finally dropped after months of hype.So many fans were trying to stream the show simultaneously — that HBO Max actually crashed. This led to thousands of users not being able to watch the first episode.Many subscribers reportedly fell victim to the streamer’s app fizzling out, with the website outage service Down Detector reporting that there were at about 3,000 blackouts between 8:40 p.m. and 9:25 p,.m.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for the first episode of “House of the Dragon.”Sunday nights in Westeros are back.The “Game of Thrones” spinoff show, “House of the Dragon,” kicked off with a bang on HBO Sunday night, with fans tuning catch up with the dragon riding, incestuous Targaryen family and their questionable platinum wigs.“Game of Thrones” made fantasy TV appointment viewing during its run from 2011 to 2019, and it looks like “House of the Dragon” might bring that back. The show takes place around 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones” and is based on George R.

House Of The Dragon viewers have been left traumatised and upset by a birth scene which takes place in the first episode of the new Game of Thrones prequel, with some saying it should come with a "trigger warning".The new fantasy show which was released yesterday (21 August) and is a prequel to the epic series Game of Thrones, which starred Maisie Williams and Emilia Clarke. In House of Dragons, Queen Aemma (played by Sian Brooke) goes into labour while a tournament is being held in King’s Landing to celebrate her new baby, who will be an heir for King Viserys Targaryen I (Paddy Considine).

[Warning: Spoilers for episode 1 of “House of the Dragon”, “Heirs of the Dragon”, written by Ryan Condal and directed by Miguel Sapochnik.]

House of the Dragon, set to premiere tonight on Sky Atlantic, will introduce Game of Thrones fans to a whole new host of characters entwined in George R.R. Martin’s fantasy world. Viewers will become more familiar with the Targaryen dynasty throughout the 10 episodes of GoT’s prequel.

The new HBO series House of the Dragon, which is a prequel to the hit show Game of Thrones, just premiered and fans will likely have questions about the ages of some of the characters.

“House of the Dragon,” told The Post that she hadn’t seen “GoT” before landing the role.“But of course, I knew about it,” she said. “I understood that it was very big and very popular. [After getting cast], I watched it to prepare.

, the prequel, premiered with the first episode on Sunday, bringing to life George R.R. Martin’s.

Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the series premiere of “House of the Dragon,” titled “The Heirs of the Dragon.”“Game of Thrones” is back, and it’s as violent and stomach-churning as ever — as evidenced in the bloody C-section performed on Queen Aemma Arryn (Sian Brooke) in the series premiere of HBO’s “House of the Dragon.” Aemma, already the mother of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock), dies in childbirth while hoping she’d give birth to a male heir for King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine). She appears only in a few scenes, and the last we see of her (for now, anyway), she’s laid to rest on a funeral pyre alongside her newborn son’s lifeless body.“Probably as every actor, you just think, ‘Oh come on, can I not be in it a little bit more?'” Brooke tells Variety about her role.

Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the series premiere of “House of the Dragon,” titled “The Heirs of the Dragon.”Welcome back to Westeros! It’s been three years since we last stepped foot in the fantasy world. Now, we’re zooming back nearly 200 years to meet a new cast of characters from an older generation of “Game of Thrones” history.

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details from the premiere of HBO’s House of the Dragon.

The much-anticipated Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon premiered on HBO Max with some hiccups for some subscribers. As the first episode was launched online, some users reported the app crashing which prompted them to seek help.

The wait is almost over. House of the Dragon - the Game of Thrones prequel - finally premieres in a few hours time.

Game of Thrones” spinoff series, “House of the Dragon,” premieres Sunday, Aug. 21 at 9 p.m. on HBO and HBO Max.

The biggest marketing campaign in HBO’s history, reaching 130M people in the U.S., culminates this weekend with the premiere of the long-awaited Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon.

Matt Smith has become one of the most renowned English actors on TV after rising to prominence in the 2010s. Smith played the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC’s long-running sci-fi programme before portraying Prince Philip in Netflix’s The Crown, a royal performance which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

The trials and tribulations of Westeros are back in a new show from HBO set long before the smash hit Game of Thrones. Fantasy epic House of the Dragon brings a new era of family treachery, schemes, and all out war for fans to dive into.