- Warning: spoilers ahead “Dragon House” Season one, episode eight.
- Matt Smith instinctively picked up the Viserys crown when it fell off Paddy Considine’s head.
- Director Geeta Patel says it was a “turning point” in the relationship of the brothers Demon and Viserys.
“Dragon House” Episode 8 Another leap appears in the series, as Rainera Targaryen (Emma Darcy) and Aliscent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) watch their children grow up a bit. Unfortunately for King Viserys I Targaryen (Paddy Considine), his mysterious condition worsens with age. But in one powerful moment, he perseveres to ascend to the Iron Throne himself.
But when the King stumbles down the stairs, his crown falls – prompting his brother, Damon Targaryen (Matt Smith), to pick it up and put it back on his head in a surprisingly poignant scene.
But director Geeta Patel said Entertainment Weekly That this was not supposed to happen in the original text. the actor Matt Smith I instinctively picked it up in an improvisation place.
“When we were shooting — I think rehearsal again, on the first day — the crown fell off Buddy’s head and his bearing died and we kept going. We didn’t stop,” Patel said. [filming]. “
She did well to make the episode more impactful, and the director said everyone realized how powerful it was.
Patel added, “There was a discovery for this moment. Then the three of us got together and were like, ‘We just felt like this.'” It felt like a turning point in our relationship.”
The director also explained that she was “so grateful for the accident”, because it made Daemon’s growth as a character feel very heartbroken compared to the way he started early in the season.
This is the prince who planned to steal the crown for himself before undermining the king in various ways.
“Because it has proven, at least to me, to be a very difficult moment and a huge turning point for a story that started on the pilot: ‘Hey, I want your crown and eventually I’m going to work here Put the crown on your head and I’ll help you on your throne,'” Patel explained. “
The director also told the outlet that the dinner scene after The Moment with the Crown was originally supposed to include a letter from Daemon, but Entertainment Weekly indicated that it was cut for time. Patel noted that the moment with the crown would have overshadowed Damon’s speech.
“Then when I got to dinner, it was a moment after that. It was more about dinner when Damon gives that speech, there’s almost so many people in the room that it’s such an emotional moment,” she said.
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