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Image: HBOIn season one of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, Paddy Considine played King Viserys, the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms—a character whose physical decline became more horrific as the series progressed. The actor has revealed he drew on deeply personal experiences to portray Viserys’ agonizing journey. Rainn Wilson’s First Fandoms: Star Trek And D&DIn a new interview with Variety, Considinespoke about how both his mother and father suffered from physical illnesses. His father died of cancer,…

Image: HBOThe last two months, House of the Dragon has offered a look into the twisty, messed up Targaryen family before their inevitable fall. As the various family members have spent years scheming and trying to dick each other over, the physical condition of Paddy Considine’s Viserys had gradually worsened until his death finally came about in episode eight. What started with small cuts on his hands from sitting on the Iron Throne evolved into losing an entire arm and half his face as the show jumped forward in time.P…

Screenshot: HBOAs this season of House of the Dragon sets up the wars to come, a feeling of peace is briefly granted to the ailing King Viserys (Paddy Considine) in “The Lord of the Tides.” For the first time in years, his entire family descends on King’s Landing to grapple over control of Driftmark—resulting in some, uh, spicy moments mixed with something almost as surprising: earnest grace. Those moments played out spontaneously, according to episode director Geeta Patel, who spoke about the sequence to Entertainment…

Photo: Ollie Upton/HBOIt’s only been one week since we watched Princess Rhaenyra, heir to the Iron Throne, wed Laenor Velaryon to strengthen both houses and her future rule. But for Rhaenyra, King Viserys, Queen Alicent, and everyone else in House of the Dragon, it’s been a long 10 years since then—and it’s almost impressive how much worse things have gotten without ever managing to finally erupt into a full war.So yes, “The Princess and the Queen” begins with the time-jump we all knew was coming, and Emma D’Arcy and…

Screenshot: HBO MaxOlivia Cooke plays Alicent Hightower, daughter of the Hand of the King, opposite Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra. The first episode focuses on their childhood in the Red Keep, where they’re played by Milly Alcock (Rhaenyra) and Emily Carey (Alicent). Those scenes help inform the older versions we follow, in building their characters.Cooke shared while didn’t visit during shoot, they did watch their scenes. “We were being really respectful of their process. We’re like, we don’ t want to impose…