#steve touissaint

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This photo is awesome for so many reasons, not the least of which is EVE’S SHOULDERS HOLY MUSCLE. It’s just all of it - Eve (her expression, her stature, her look, EVERYTHING), Steve and Matt’s seriousness, Olivia and Emma’s shared vibe and smiles, Paddy and Eve and Rhys’ chaos, and Fabien and Milly’s expression and eyeline directly at Eve, fangirling just as hard as us 😂😂😂 I hadn’t seen this particular shot before and I couldn’t not share it 😂💖

[bohemian-nights]

Nettles Casting Speculation

Since HBO won’t announce the casting for Nettles(understandably), and because we are all going mad due to a lack of official news for her, I thought I would compose a list of all the actresses who could potentially be her.

(Shout out to @nettlesdefensesquad cause she found a lot of these actresses).

Take this whole list with a massive grain of salt because my criteria for this was Black(ish) British/Black(ish) actresses in British productions between the ages of 26-33 (according to some guy on Reddit, Nettles actress is 32, so I thought I’d be lenient with the age) who’s side profile sorta matches this picture of Nettles presumed actress in costume:

Keeping all that in mind, here’s our list:

1. Gabrielle Brooks

While her side profile does not really match the woman in the blurry photo, Gabrielle just turned 33, I believe she’s following/being followed by some of the HOTD cast, and she doesn’t appear to be working on any projects at the moment so we can’t rule her out 🤷🏽‍♀️

2. Yohanna Ephrem

Can’t find her exact age, but based on the side profiles it looks as if she could be a match and she appears not to be working on anything right now. She also doesn’t appear to have any social media so bonus points?

3. Marilyn Nnadebe

Marilyn is 32 and it appears like she is not working on any projects right now.

4. Jordan Loughran

People have been fan-casting her for years, but since she was used in a recent fancast, I decided to look her up, and lo and behold she’s 31! Jordan was already on a HBO show, Raised by Wolves, which also happens to be the same show Alyn’s actor(Abubakar Salim) was on so bonus points.

5. Lois Chimimba

The side profile isn’t that great of a match, but she is 31, about to be 32, and she doesn’t appear to be working on anything at the moment.

6. Tamaira Hesson

I can’t find a decent side profile pick and I can’t find Tamaira’s exact age, but under her playing age, it lists 20-30. She doesn’t appear to be working on any projects at the moment and besides LinkedIn, she doesn’t appear to have any social media.

7. Ronke Adekoluejo

Ronke is 31 and her side profile is kinda a match.

8. Meesha Turner

The side profiles aren’t that much of a match, but for the people who speculate that Nettles actress is tall, Meesha is 5’9.” She’s 32 and she’s not working on anything at the moment. (In fact back in October she left her role as Catherine Parr in the production Six the Musical).

9. Jasmine Rachelle

Can’t find her exact age, but she’s I don’t think she’s older than 25/26. Jasmine is 5’9.”

10. Sherelle Johnson

I can’t find her exact age(or a side profile pic), but her playing age range is between 18-28. I also don’t think she’s working on anything at the moment.

11. Crystal Clarke

Crystal’s last show Sanditon just ended and for the time being it does not look as if she has any other projects in the works. She is around 30.

(I would literally jump for joy if she was playing Nettles).

12. Gleanne Purcell-Brown

The profile isn’t dead on, but Glenne’s playing age is between 20-30. She doesn’t appear to be working on anything and she is 5’8.”

13. Lebogang Fisher

Her playing age is between 18-28. She doesn’t appear to be working on any projects at the moment.

14. Casey Al-Shaqsy

Casey’s playing age is between 19-25. She doesn’t appear to be working on any projects at the moment.

15. Lydia Fraser

Not a side profile picture, but Lydia’s playing age is between 20-35. She is currently working on a stage play though.

16. Yazzmin Newell

Her playing range is between 20-30. It doesn’t look as if she’s working on anything at the moment(her last series was canceled earlier this year). Steve Touissaint is also following her.

17. Madeleine Mantock

She was gearing up for a play back in June, but she’s 33 and 5’9.”

18. Tia Bannon

Not sure about her exact age, but she graduated with a BA back in 2015 so she fits the age range.

19. Danielle Vitalis

Honestly, this is another case of the side profile not really matching, but she fits the age range(play range is 16-30) so I’m adding her just to cover all our bases🤷🏽‍♀️

20. Karla Simone-Spence

Listen my behind knows she’s not going to play Nettles, but she follows Bethany on Instagram and she’s 27. Let me dream 😭

21. Natalie Simpson

Her playing age is 23-33(I think she’s in her early 30s).

22. Leah Haile

According to her Spotlight, she’s currently working on the Snow White movie that comes out next year, but I just thought I might include her. Her playing age is between 16-25.

23. Jessica Allain

Do the side profiles match? Probably not, but she’s 26 and pretty tall so I’m including her.

24. Thalissa Teixeira

Shes been fancasted as Nettles in the past and she’s in her early 30s and it doesn't look like she's really working on anything🤷🏽‍♀️

25. Shantol Jackson

Are the side profiles matching? Nope, but she is 31.

26. Sophia Brown

She's tall 5’ 8” and 31. I really couldn’t find a good side profile pic of Sophia, but I wouldn’t rule her out.

27. Zaraah Abrahams

She’s 36 so she’s a little out of the age range, but she looks young, again, we are covering all of our bases.

28. Razan Nassar

She’s on the young side(25), but she’s been in a show with Bethany Antonia(Get Even), hence the inclusion.

29. Simona Brown

She’s 29 and she doesn’t appear to be working on anything.

There are some actresses who are a bit too young so I didn’t include them, but in case Reddit guy was all the way off, Corinna Brown(who follows Bethany) and Coco Rebecca Edogamhe are good contenders.

This list is not extensive, so anyone with any suggestions feel free to add them 😊(please add them because your girl is desperate 😭).

[lesbianelsas]

"Weather is unexpected on the show. We shot this year in Wales and the U.K. and Spain. And when you’re out in these big locations, sometimes it’s going to rain. Sometimes it’s crazy weather. Sometimes the waves are too crazy, and you have to come back again for a water scene. I remember in Episode 3, we had a scene with Rhaenys (Eve Best) and Corlys (Steve Touissaint), and it was supposed to be out in the docks. Katie and I had this plan that we had been working on for months, and then, of course, torrential rainfall happens the day of shooting. And we just, as a team, didn’t have the ability to move that scene or come back and get it again. It was quite expensive, and we’re at the end of our schedule, so we literally staged the scene very, very intimate underneath a walkway and very quickly did that. We had to bring rain machines in, we have a great special effects team, and that was that. And it was beautiful because you saw the scene and hopefully didn’t think it was strange. That’s what it becomes. It was a very intimate scene anyway, but I think those are the things that are exciting, because when we don’t have control of things, it’s almost like Mother Nature for the show, that it becomes what it’s supposed to be and and it’s beautiful."

- Geeta Patel on how the weather affected the staging of this scene

"He has a playful nature with his wife — it's not seen in the realm, it’s not seen in the Small Council or anything like that. But there are moments in fact at least two scenes I can think of in season two where you get a hint of what they might have been like when they first met […] That was something I added and they built upon this idea that they’re still in love, and that’s something I like about Corlys." — Steve Toussaint, on what’s important to him as a performer in developing Corlys’ backstory and personality traits.

Rhaenys Targaryen and Corlys Velaryon 2.03 | The Burning Mill HOUSE OF THE DRAGON | Dir. Geeta Patel

[simplytheevebest]

Watch "House Velaryon - Wedding Grand Entrance" by Eve'sTheBest on YouTube

👏👏👏👏 Serving Targaryen Velaryon Realness 👑 thank you once again to the incredibly talented @eves-da-best for this video, you're a queen and a star and I love you ❤️❤️❤️

[eves-da-best]

Steve encouraging her, Eve’s face and hand motions the instant she goes into dragon-sound-making mode, his amusement - it’s all just so delightful 😂😂💕

The chaotic duo; and we love them for that 😉

[agentem]

Shut up about HotD casting Black actors

I am so frustrated people are still upset that there are Black actors in "House of the Dragon" (and also "The Rings of Power" but I didn't like the episode of that that I watched).

There were people of color in Medieval Europe. Stop saying it's "historically inaccurate." And also, even if it is, so are dragons.

These shows need actors and characters that will appeal to many demographics. Adding a couple Black actors isn't just the right thing to do, it's smart business.

Further, I will add that GRRM has stated that the Valyrians could have been Black in his blog:

Speaking of Valyria... right from the start I wanted the Targaryens, and by extension the Valryians from whom they were descended, to be a race apart, with distinctive features that set them apart from the rest of Westeros, and helped explain their obsession with the purity of their blood. To do this, I made a conventional 'high fantasy' choice, and gave them silver-gold hair, purple and violet eyes, fine chiseled aristocratic features. That worked well enough, at least in the books (on the show, less so).

But in recent years, it has occured to me from time to time that it might have made for an interesting twist if instead I had made the dragonlords of Valyria... and therefore the Targaryens... black. Maybe I could have kept the silver hair too, though... no, that comes too close to 'dark elf' territory, but still... if I'd had dark-skinned dragonlords invade and conquer and dominate a largely white Westeros... though that choice would have brought its own perils. The Targaryens have not all been heroic, after all... some of them have been monsters, madmen, so...

Well, it's all moot. The idea came to me about twenty years too late.

Giving this to the Velayrons, who are also Valyrian but not the murderous Targaryens is such a great move on HotD's part.

Corlys is a fascinating character. He made himself the richest man in Westeros (soon to be eclipsed by the Lannisters, but whatever). He was married to "the Queen that Never Was", who was a dragonrider. According to the showrunners theirs was a "love match" and he really believes she should have been queen. He's like a stan of his wife.

His two (acknowledged) kids were dragonriders. Both married Targaryen royalty. No further spoilers but, yanno.

He was Hand, twice.

He's kind of a big deal.

And, yes, I've said it before and I'll say it again, I think Steve Touissaint looks hot in the wig so there. I could just be because he loves his wife and I like that in a guy.

[eves-da-best]

The “thank god for Eve Best” bingo space has been covered 😅😭❤

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Eve & Steve Chaos Question

In need of assistance. The moment in the GOT Quiz where they’re supposed to name one of Daenerys’ dragons and Steve goes “Darren” and Eve laughs and says “No stop it” ->

I either had the most visceral dream or have actually seen a clip where the HOTD cast is asked what they’d name a dragon if they had one, and Eve says “Darren.” So far, I can only find Olivia, Milly, Fabien, Matt, Paddy, and Emma answering the question (via YouTube short) but I SWEAR Eve and Steve were asked, too. Does anyone have any recollection of this? Did this really happen or is my brain just melting? 

[eves-da-best]

Eve reminding him “three words” is so funny 😂😂

3 words about character journey...

[eves-da-best]

“Eve’s breaking point” 😂😂😂

Eve Best and Steve Toussaint – Spelling Bee videos:

Maester ('correctamundo')

https://youtube.com/shorts/KWgWoD_jR5c?feature=share

Aegon ('easy peasy')

Dracarys (Eve gets competitive)

https://youtu.be/mowwSB1QxWo

Harrenhal ('he gets all the easy ones')

https://youtu.be/C-r5W4sSAb8

Kirimvose/Caraxes (Eve's breaking point)

https://youtu.be/DR9GzzjcGDM