Paddy Considine on what to anticipate from Episode 1 of House Of The Dragon: ‘There’s intercourse, gore, and killings…’

There shall be “some rumbles” when ardent followers of Game of Thrones watch its prequel House of the Dragon, says actor Paddy Considine, who guarantees that the upcoming sequence will honour its parentage.

Considine stated he knew what he was stepping into when he signed as much as play Viserys I Targaryen, the king of the Seven Kingdoms, within the much-anticipated present based mostly on George RR Martin e-book Fire & Blood.

The expectation round House of the Dragon was one thing he tried not to consider, added the British actor.

“There’s no denying there’s large expectation about it. I understood that stepping into it, you may by no means predict how profitable one thing’s going to be. You can solely hope however generally this stuff work, generally don’t.

“I’m not walking into something that hasn’t already been established. I’m fully aware of the impact this has had culturally and how big it is around the world. All I can hope for is that people enjoy it and feel like it’s faithful enough because there are fans of the books and not just the show,” Considine stated in a digital roundtable interview.

House of the Dragon follows the historical past of House Targaryen set 172 years earlier than the delivery of Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) and the occasions narrated in Game of Thrones, the epic fantasy drama which ended its eight-season run in 2019.

The a number of award-winning actor stated he hopes the present, set to begin streaming in India on Disney Plus Hotstar from August 22, satisfies followers of the books in addition to of the unique sequence.

“I hope we can satisfy both. But there are going to be some rumbles. But it’d be naive of me to not think there’s massive anticipation for it,” he added.

Besides its scale and storytelling, Game of Thrones was in style for the sudden killing of a number of fan-favourite characters, intercourse and gore. The present was based mostly on George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire.

Paddy Considine stated the pilot of House of the Dragon ticks all these bins.

“There’s sex, gore, and killings… Episode one fulfills every one of those criteria. There’s a lot of death, fire, blood, mud, snot. All of it,” he stated.

What attracted him to the 10-episode sequence, which can air within the US on HBO, was that it was not a “reinvention or spin-off”.

“It’s a slightly different world we’re entering, but it’s not an unfamiliar world in the way they shoot it. It’s not a spin-off. It’s the continuation of the story, but we go back in time. Hopefully it will work,” he added.

The 48-year-old actor stated he had purchased the Game of Thrones DVDs, which remained sealed and gathered mud on his shelf for a very long time. He didn’t watch the present for years, saying “sometimes you are just not in the mood for things”.

“I had friends who were telling me how amazing it was, I should watch it. And even that annoyed me. I’d begrudgingly watch it. But when I did, I was surprised. As the series went on, like everybody else, I got sucked in with the quality, quality of the performances and the kind of shocks as well.”

The massacre within the much-discussed ‘Red Wedding’ episode and the monitor of Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) and The Hound (performed by Considine’s good friend Rory McCann) are amongst a few of his many favorite moments from Game of Thrones, he stated.

“For me, the ‘Red Wedding’ was a massive turning point. I’d never seen anything like that on television. Like if that was like The Sopranos or something you would have expected to be something like that to possibly happen. But the fact that it was in this fantasy, it just gave everybody this sense that nobody’s safe within this world,” added the two-time BAFTA Award recipient.

In the trailer of House of the Dragon, Viserys is seen having a troublesome time selecting his inheritor to the Iron Throne between his youthful brother Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) and his firstborn little one Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy).

Calling Viserys as an attention-grabbing mix of a king who needs to maintain peace and a person not corrupted by energy, Paddy Considine stated he “fought” on behalf of his character as a result of he didn’t wish to play him as a pushover.

“He needs to be a peaceable king, (however) he’s perceived as weak. He’s really a tragic man, who’s simply misplaced the love of his life. He understands the implications of being the king. He’s conscious Targaryens are feared due to their arsenal – dragons.

“He understands that without those dragons, the Targaryens wouldn’t be anything. Just because he’s a good man, it doesn’t mean he’s not smart. He’s not a pushover, he’s a dragon and we need to see that too. So, I fought for that to be in it as well.”

Like different characters within the present, Viserys additionally undergoes a journey, stated the actor, including the character is hiding “a massive secret” that can bear implications on the historical past of Westeros, house to the Seven Kingdoms.

“He is basically cursing his daughter because that (The Iron Throne) is a cursed seat. I can’t reveal but he goes on a journey. Believe me whether or not he gets evil, it will be revealed,” stated Considine.

Ryan Condal is connected because the showrunner on House of the Dragon together with Emmy winner Miguel Sapochnik, who helmed Game of Thrones episodes similar to ‘The Battle of Bastards’ and ‘The Winds of Winter’. Sapochnik has directed the pilot and extra episodes within the present.

Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans spherical out the solid of the sequence.