'House of the Dragon' Producer 'Baffled' Over Fan Thirst for This Character: 'Really?'
etonline.comhas delivered a new bad boy Internet boyfriend to the masses — and at least one of the series' writers can't quite make sense of it.
In an interview with , writer and executive producer Sara Hess and director Clare Kilner hilariously open up about the fan love and thirst for Matt Smith's complex performance as Daemon Targaryen — which often finds him involved in both murderous and incestuous plotlines. «He’s become Internet Boyfriend in a way that baffles me,» Hess remarks of the character. «Not that Matt isn’t incredibly charismatic and wonderful, and he’s incredible in the role.
But Daemon himself is … I don’t want him to be my boyfriend! I’m a little baffled how they’re all, 'Oh, daddy!' And I’m just like: 'Really?' How -- in what way -- was he a good partner, father or brother -- to ?
You got me. He ain’t Paul Rudd.»The fans, it seems, are here to disagree. Daemon literally risking his life by going to wake up and claim a dragon named vermithon who belonged to King Jahaerys's just to help defend Rhaenyra.
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