As for how the ongoing global pandemic has affected production, proceedings on House of the Dragon was briefly halted in July after a member of the production tested positive for Covid According to Entertainment Weekly , however, shooting resumed two days later, and the hold-up is not expected to delay the release date.
By the time rolls around, HBO Max will have also found its way to European regions, too, so House of the Dragon will be available to watch, one way or another, in more places than ever. Now that House of the Dragon has begun filming, HBO has been pretty open about who's in the cast, and who's playing which characters. This will no doubt head off leaks about the show — though there's one additional cast member who's confirmed his involvement in the series before an official announcement, which we'll detail below.
We're going to be careful on spoilers, here, because if you go digging into the events of Fire and Blood, you might end up ruining part of the show's story. Below, we're going to stick to what HBO has revealed so far, so you only know how the characters are starting off in the show.
First up, Paddy Considine is playing King Viserys Targaryen, who's selected by the lords of Westeros as the successor to the previous king — Jaehaerys Targaryen. HBO describes him as a 'warm, kind and decent man', whose main goal is to continue his grandfather's way of doing things. But since when does being a 'decent man' ever get you anywhere in Westeros, except dead? Viserys is also the namesake of Daenerys's older brother. Let's go to the highest-profile piece of casting in the show.
Described as an unmatched warrior, he's the heir to the throne of Westeros — he's also capable of riding dragons, and he sounds like trouble waiting to happen. Not everyone in Westeros seems to be a fan of Daemon, as we'll touch on below. Let's flip to another Targaryen. But hey, she's also capable of riding dragons, and she's of pure Valyrian blood. Milly Alcock will play a younger version of Princess Rhaenyra.
She's politically savvy, and is closely aligned with the king and his allies — and she's the daughter of Rhys Ifans ' Otto Hightower, the Hand of the King.
Hightower doesn't trust Daemon, and regards his status as heir to the throne as a fraught state of affairs. The younger version of Alicent will be played by Emily Carey. He's got big nautical energy, possessing the largest navy in Westeros, and being a famous adventurer on the high seas himself. Interestingly, in March , it was reported by Deadline that HBO was considering a spin-off focusing specifically on this character. She was in contention to rule Westeros, except the Great Council bypassed her status as heir to elect her cousin, Viserys, as king.
The reason? He's a man, and she is not. That's bound to be the source of some major tension on the show. Sticking with relatives to Corlys, Wil Johnson plays his younger brother, Ser Vaemond Velaryon, who is also a commander in the Velaryon navy. The first season will be 10 episodes long. But the network decided not to move forward with that one. In a new trailer released by HBO on October 5, no date was revealed other than the launch.
He was chosen by the Great Council of the lords of Westeros to be the king after his grandfather Jaeharys Targaryen died. Sapochnik will direct the pilot and additional episodes. Other directors include Clare Kilner , Geeta V. Patel , and Greg Yaitanes , the latter of whom also gets a co-executive producer credit. You know it! The first half of is a possibility, considering HBO started teasing the release of the show in October It's worth noting, though, that the series only went into production in April and filmed throughout the summer.
Considering the show will have to go through some hefty post-production because, you know, CGI dragons , we'd guess the show will premiere sometime in spring As shared by Entertainment Weekly , that includes the infamous Dance of the Dragons, or the Targaryen civil war that tore Westeros apart. With that in mind, it sounds like at least in part the series will follow Viserys' journey in becoming or failing to become the ruler of Westeros. That's just Volume 1, though; Volume 2 has yet to be released.
It may not be a full-length trailer , but it promises everything you loved about GoT : "Gods, kings, fire, and blood. Basically, if you were hesitant to check out the series after the final season of GoT , this teaser might just get you fired up all over again. D'Arcy will be playing the king's first-born, dragon rider Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, and Smith taking on Daemon Targaryen, King Viserys' younger brother and heir to the throne who is said to be a fearless warrior.
Even though it's House of the Dragon , they won't be the only family on the show. Members of the just-as-old bloodline House Velaryon have also be cast, according to Variety. Sounds like the familial tension is already building! He's said to see Matt Smith's Daemon as a threat.
It sounds like we'll be learning a bit about at least some of the characters' pasts, as well. Those two are the only younger versions of characters cast thus far, but considering they're billed as recurring roles, it's possible we'll learn about the rest of their family members' pasts, too. Mizuno will play Daemon's No. Frankel similarly plays a commoner, portraying Ser Criston Cole, who Variety reported is "of Dornish descent" and "son of the steward to the Lord of Blackhaven.
In September , Deadline announced the cast was being rounded out with even more additions—some of which are playing characters with names that'll sound familiar to GoT fans. Jefferson Hall Devs , for one, is playing a Lannister. Aside from Hall, a handful of new cast members fill out Viserys council. Game of Thrones showrunners D. Weiss and David Benioff aren't involved with House of the Dragon at all—so you don't have to worry yet that your soon-to-be new favorite characters' fates will be derailed.
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