He’s the King of Westeros.
Spoilers below for the second episode of “House of the Dragon” Year 2.
Tom Glynn-Carney stars in the strike “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon” as King Aegon, a young monarch who is nearly comically unsuited for the part.
“It’s not really a aware selection, to be truthful,” Glynn-Carney, 29, told The Write-up about finding the humor.
“He’s incredibly loose and quite free. I want to lean into that. That [comedy] transpires just organically, I consider. The way he’s created and the way he’s perceived by other folks, I do discover him rather amusing. My concentration is just to provide some authenticity to what could if not be very a distant entire world which is hard to accessibility. I function off impulse a whole lot, and instinct, instead than planning items meticulously.”
The present follows a civil war about 200 yrs before the activities of “GoT.” Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) is the heir to the Iron Throne, but her half-brother, Aegon, and his supporters have usurped her.
Time 2 kicked off with Rhaenyra’s partner Daemon (Matt Smith) sending assassins to destroy Aegon’s vicious brother, Aemond (Ewan Mitchell), but they botched the endeavor and in its place, they finished up murdering Aegon’s son.
Reeling from that tragedy, in the 2nd episode, Aegon beheads 1 of the culprits, Blood (Sam C. Wilson).
“That was fairly extreme,” Glynn-Carney said, adding that he and Wilson did not speak to each other on the day of filming.
“He was extremely much in the zone I was in the zone. And it was a bit of a set piece. We experienced to get the timing correct. We had a lot of stunt coordinators there, and we rehearsed what the distances would be… It was 1 of the a lot more violent scenes that we see from Aegon this season. Sam was astounding. I never know how he did not move out with the type of gurgling he was making… It was quite horrifying, really!”
Glynn-Carney, who was also in “Dunkirk,” stated that he wasn’t a fan of “GoT” when it was airing.
“I am now. When I booked the job, I hadn’t witnessed it. All of my pals experienced, and for no matter what reason, I’d missed the boat. I was like, ‘I’ve got to do my homework, I’ve obtained to comprehend what this earth is.’ I blitzed as a result of all 8 seasons of it in about three months,” he reported, noting that his favored character was Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage).
“House of the Dragon” is a hit, as about 20 million viewers tuned into Time 1 weekly, but Glynn-Carney reported that it hasn’t impacted his daily lifestyle significantly.
“It occurs now and again,” he claimed, about enthusiasts recognizing him in general public.
“But I consider I get absent with it fairly a large amount simply because I really do not seem just about anything like I do in serious life. Or, I hope!”
Involving putting on a wig and remaining clean-shaven to engage in Aegon, “I seldom glimpse like that — I look in the mirror and I never see myself anymore,” he reported.
“I see this sort of Chucky seeking doll. The whole preproduction period was developed to make him as unattractive and as vile as possible… But, it is wonderful to fulfill folks who are passionate about it.”
Although Glynn-Carney known as Time 1’s accomplishment “validation that we ended up creating a little something worthwhile,” he claimed. “But you’ve bought to place that to the again of your intellect and aim on the work at hand, and not actually engage with any of the hoopla or the enjoyment or anything at all. Mainly because that can sometimes throw you off the scent.”
Given that the display is dependent on “Fire & Blood,” a completed e-book from author George R.R. Martin, it’s feasible for actors to glimpse up their characters’ fates. Glynn-Carney said he’s finished that for Aegon.
“I believed it’d be helpful to know what his arc was. And, I didn’t seriously get a decision, in any case. A single of my initially times on set, [creators] Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik cornered me in my trailer and gave me the full rundown… I was thoroughly onboard. And then I went and go through the e-book — our tale, at least. And it was excellent.”
Glynn-Carney mentioned he enjoys actively playing Aegon’s “torment, and his vulnerability.”
He added, “He’s branded as a villain typically, and I see him far more as a tragedy. He’s heartbreaking. He’s damaged in so lots of ways… I like to try out and obtain those people small cracks of vulnerability wherever we see the boyish-ness to him, and the fragility of him.”
