Violence is its own language in the land of Westeros. “It’s how they communicate,” House of the Dragon star Matt Smith says.
Once upon a time in television the gap between seasons was just three months. In the cable and streaming era that has stretched the gap between seasons; the HBO seriesThe first season wrapped in October 2022, meaning that the gap between the show’s first and upcoming second season is close to 1½ years. “I wish we had a way of bringing out the show every year,” executive producer Ryan Condal says.
Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen, grieving the death of her son and contemplating going to war to claim the throne she believes is rightfully hers.“This is a similar kind of story. And the reason I use the Cold War metaphor is because this is a nuclear conflict. Obviously, the characters in this world don’t have the words for that, but there is a threat of mutually assured destruction.”
“It’s how they survive, it’s what they know, it’s how they communicate,” Smith says of the violent relationships in the show. “It’s the most concise, and the quickest point. And the truth is they’re very good at it.”is at its strongest in story terms, Condal says, when it strikes a balance between the politics of the world of Westeros, and the fantastical visual elements which bring the world to life.
“There’s going to be spectacle, but if the spectacle’s going to count, you have to care about the situation and the characters that are involved in it,” Condal adds. “And that’s the trick of doing the hard work to set up the suspense in the story and the characters and then paying it off hopefully with the great spectacle that everybody’s accustomed toconcluded, a slew of potential spin-off series were explored.
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