The younger House of the Dragon characters are in “the 17-21 age range”

House of the Dragon has played a lot of games with time in its first season. We’ve jumped forward every few episodes, whether it’s just a handful of months or a full decade. Some characters have been played by three actors, although things seem to have settled down. Unless something unexpected happens, the characters as we met them in Episode 8, “The Lord of the Tides,” are the way they’ll stay for the rest of the series…until they die, which I think we all know is possible. This is a Game of Thrones show, after all.

The newest group of characters to be recast were the younger set. There are the children of Alicent Hightower and King Viserys Targaryen: Aegon, Helaena and Aemond. There are also Rhaenyra Targaryen’s sons by

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Laenor Velaryon: Jaecerys, Lucerys and Joffrey. Finally we have Daemon Targaryen’s daughters by Laena Velaryon: Baela and Rhaena.

We also have Rhaenyra and Daemon’s kids Aegon and Viserys, but they’re both very young and will likely stay that way for the rest of the story. Young Joffrey is around 6 or 7. As for the other kids, showrunner Ryan Condal says they’re all in “the 17-21 age range.”

Condal says that and much more besides in the latest Inside The Episode feature. Watch below!

How old are the characters on House of the Dragon?

Generally speaking, Alicent’s kids are older than Rhaenyra’s kids and Daemon’s kids. As for the actors, there’s a pretty good spread among them. Tom Glynn-Carney, who plays Aegon, is 27. Phia Saban (Helaena) is 24, as is Bethany Antonia (Baela). Harry Collett (Jace) is 18.

The cast and crew talk about other things, of course, including Vaemond Velaryon’s ill-fated petition, the Targaryen family dinner, and King Viserys’ final minutes alive. Mostly what I took from the video is that Emma D’Arcy, who plays Rhaenrya, is pretty funny. “Bit gaudy if you ask me,” she says of the Seven-Pointed Star iconography Alicent has installed all over the Red Keep. I also like her saying that “[Episode] 8 is essentially set in a hospice.”

I also liked this zinger from showrunner Miguel Sapochnik: “Don’t take milk of the poppy and then impart really important information just before you die, that’s the learning curve on that one.” Solid advice.

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