#targaryen source

[barbieaemond]

EWAN MITCHELL as AEMOND TARGARYEN in House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1

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[js-dragonart]

"Tasty bröther."

Had this on my mind for a while now, ever since I watched this interview. The dynamic between these two goofballs is just so wholesome. Tom always fooling around while Ewan tries to stay professional and has this "I can't take him anywhere" look on his face.

[barelyanartblog]

[girlsworldillusion]

Excerpts from Ewan Mitchell's interview about his nudes in hotd:

"Scenes like this start with a conversation about how far you’re prepared to go. It wasn’t a choice we made lightly. But it’s true to Aemond that he shocks the audience. Weakness is not part of Aemond’s vocabulary.

I love that line from Michael Mann’s Heat, when Bob De Niro’s character says, “Don’t let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner.” That’s the code his character utilizes so he’s able to maneuver around this world without getting caught by Al Pacino.

Aemond has a similar code that stops him from being hurt like he was as a kid. That’s why he’s able to walk out on the madam in that scene. He’s humiliated by his brother and all his crew, and it’s like this switch flips. The madam is no more. All of these people in front of him? They mean nothing. He stands up, he owns it. “Yeah, I’m bulletproof. Anything you say, it will not work.” Like you say, it’s scary."

source: vulture.com

[gay-dorito-dust]

Aegon: hey, how are you-

Cannibal: *growls*

Aegon: *clings onto reader* GET YOUR FUCKING DRAGON BITCH!

Reader: he doesn’t bite ☺️

Aegon: YES IT DO!! HE EATS EVERYTHING THAT MOVES!!!

[fortunate-hal]

Duncan the Tall and Aegon "Egg" Targaryen as illustrated by Gary Gianni for the color frontispiece to the Subterranean Press edition of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

[wintercloudburst]

i love not knowing anything about the house of the dragon show except for what some lesbians in the internet have posted about.. like yes ofcourse the ginger lady is in love with the blonde it makes perfect sense why else would she stab her that one time

[vices-aand-virtues]

House of the Dragon + Reductress Headlines (17/?)

[daemon-is-perfectly-unhinged]

Jace and Luke: Can we get ice cream?

Daemon: Did you ask Rhaenyra?

Luke: Yeah, she said no.

Daemon: Then why did you ask me?

Jace: She's not the boss of you.

Daemon, internally: It's a trap, it's a trap, it's a trap, it's a tr-

[barbieaemond]

AEMOND TARGARYEN | S1 FIRST/LAST SHOT

[godofstory]

pogo sticks!?

[daenysthedreamer101]

HOTD behind the scenes - S2 pt5

masterlist

[targaryen-madness]

“Queen Helaena, a sweet and gentle soul, is much beloved by the smallfolk of King’s Landing. 

Rhaenyra was not.”

-George R. R. Martin

[nobodysuspectsthebutterfly]

Is there a comprehensive list of actors GRRM cites as faceclaims or is it all in disparate blog posts?

Most of it isn't in blog posts at all, it's things GRRM's said at conventions or interviews. (Note for anyone going "Them, really?", check the dates and what the actor looked like at the time.)

So, a quick list:

Sandor Clegane: Ron Perlman

Cersei Lannister: Nicole Kidman

Jaime Lannister: Cary Elwes

Tyrion Lannister: Peter Dinklage

Tywin Lannister: Kurtwood Smith or Robert Duvall

Renly Baratheon: Adrian Paul (also for young Robert)

Arianne Martell: Apollonia Kotero

Nymeria Sand: Janina Gavankar

Daenerys Targaryen: Tamzin Merchant

And sources:

November 2000, fan con report: "Pearlman, from BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, would be great for Sandor. Best guy for Tywin: the father on THAT 70s SHOW and who was the father of the kid, who shot himself, in THE DEAD POETS SOCIETY (I think I spelled it all right)."

December 2003: "...I have a few people in mind. I think Nicole Kidman would be good as Cersei. I always liked Ron Perlman, the actor I worked with on 'The Beauty and the Beast’. He would be great as Sandor Clegane. Ron is very good in heavy make-up and he’s also a big, strong kind of guy. He has a great voice that he can do all sorts of wonderful things with. I think he would be terrific as the Hound. For Jamie Lannister, a couple of years ago I would have said Cary Elwes but he might be too old now. I don’t know…"

c. 2006: "Myself, I'd love to see Tywin played by Kurtwood Smith (as in DEAD POET'S SOCIETY) or Robert Duvall (THE GREAT SANTINI)."

July 2006, fan con report: "On being asked about "the casting game" (picking actors to play the characters), he said the only one who he would definitely choose was Ron Perlman to play Sandor "The Hound" Clegane because of Perlman's aptitude for acting through prosthetics."

February 2007, fan con report: "When asked about ideal casting choices, he formally endorsed the idea of Nicole Kidman playing Cersei. He says she has the perfect look for her. But it would never work, because where are you going to find a guy that looks like her to play Jaime? I really got a kick out of that. He also said Ron Perelman would be perfect as the Hound -- but I am pretty sure I had hears or read that somewhere before."

date/source uncertain, but c. 2007: "Adrian Paul and I actually worked together once, long before the Dreamsongs audiobook. Wonder if he remembers. Back then he had a great look for Renly…but of course, that was twenty years ago."

February 2008: "Much as I *cough* admire Salma Hayek, I picture Arianne as looking more like Appollonia Kotero, as she was around the time of PURPLE RAIN."

November 2008, Elio Garcia: "George has said in the past that Adrian Paul is Baratheonish in looks (years ago he said he could see him for a young Robert or Renly)"

May 2009: "Playing Tyrion Lannister will be Peter Dinklage, who was almost everyone's "dream casting" for the role (he certainly was mine)."

August 2009: "I know my readers play the casting game. Well, confession time, so do I. Ever since I began A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE (way back in 1991, thought it wasn't until 1994 that I got writing in earnest), there was always a little part of me that would watch every television show and movie with one eye looking for actors and actresses who might work as my characters.

And so there I was, watching THE TUDORS (which I have VERY mixed feelings about, I confess), when Tamzin Merchant came on screen as the fifteen year old Katherine Howard, Henry VIII's fifth wife. I sat up at once, thinking, "Hmmm, she could be a good candidate for Dany.""

July 2011, Janina Gavankar: "George just told me I look like Lady Nymeria." (additional link 1) (link 2)

[bietrofastimoff23]

After Rook's Rest

Gwayne: Criston and I are having a baby. Aegon: That's gre- Criston, impatiently slamming adoption papers on the table: It's you, sign here.