‘House of the Dragon’ Star Fabien Frankel Breaks Down Ser Criston Cole’s Game-Changing Episode 5
thewrap.comNote: The following article contains spoilers for “House of the Dragon” Episode 5.When a “House of the Dragon” audition opportunity came along for actor Fabien Frankel, he had no idea that the character he was up for – Ser Criston Cole – would become so pivotal to the drama at King’s Landing. “I didn’t know anything about it,” Frankel said across a Zoom from the U.K.
after being asked by TheWrap if he knew he was up for “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon” when the opportunity came around. “I just knew the character I was auditioning for was called Ser Clint.
And so I was like, ‘Oh, here we go.’ And the scenes — I actually have yet to ask Ryan [Condal] or Miguel [Sapochnik, both Season 1 co-showrunners and executive producers] where that scene came from, whether it was just written by them for the purpose of auditioning, or whether it’s from something else.
But yeah, I couldn’t find any indication of [it] existing in any world prior to this audition.”When Frankel, a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (“Stranger Things'” Joseph Quinn was an upper classmate), landed the part of Ser Criston, he found similar mystery.
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