First glimpse of a (stand-in for a) dragon on Game of Thrones prequel
By Dan Selcke
The House of the Dragon news is coming in fast! HBO is releasing official pics from behind the scenes of its upcoming Game of Thrones prequel, and we’re getting new on-set videos and images all the time.
For instance, we invite you to zoom in on this grainy video of a someone on a hill holding up a pole. Fansite Los Siete Reinos thinks it looks like one of the poles used on the Game of Thrones set back in the day to stand in for a dragon:
Gente essa bolinha parece demais os aparatos que eles usam para representar os dragões antes dos efeitos visuais 😳 pic.twitter.com/gKuBm2RAsN
— House of the Dragon Brasil (@HOTDBr) May 4, 2021
Indeed, Game of Thrones actors had to use a lot of imagination when it came to acting alongside the dragons, which basically meant acting alongside someone waving a ball on a stick at you that pretended is a fearsome flying fire-breathing behemoth:
Dragons riders, behind the scenes... They are amazing! Everything, actors( Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, Drogon, Rhaegal ;)) Acting, crew, scenes #BehindtheScenes #actorslife #kitharington #emiliaclarke #myedit #marvel #blackknight #jonsnow https://t.co/mdSU2wHmmu pic.twitter.com/NnW2lcH6A2
— Bego M. (@caliopemc) January 9, 2021
And House of the Dragon will have a lot of dragons, far more than Game of Thrones. After all, this show is set at a time when the Targaryen dynasty was at its height…right about as it was about to shoot itself in the foot, so to speak. Dragons are everywhere, at least at the start of the show. By the end…well, we’ll see when we get there.
What is the dragon doing in this scene from House of the Dragon?
As for what’s happening in this scene, LSR thinks that it’s the scene where young Aemond Targaryen, son of Alicent Hightower and King Viserys Targaryen, tries to mount the dragon Vhagar after the death of her previous rider, Laena Velaryon. We’ve seen evidence that the show was filming Laena’s funeral scene, so this isn’t a crazy idea.
In George R.R. Martin’s book Fire & Blood, Aemond succeeds in taking Vhagar for a spin, but when he lands he gets into a nasty fight with the sons of his aunt Rhaenyra Targaryen, who will later fight his older brother Aegon for the Iron Throne. It’s a key scene that would fit in the show’s first season, so we can get behind this idea.
House of the Dragon will premiere on HBO in 2022.
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