We first met Aegon II Targaryen in the third episode of House of the Dragon, when he was just a baby. By the end of the season, he was a young man, and not an especially pleasant one. He sexually assaulted a servant girl, has had at least one child outside of wedlock, and in general seems like a little s*itweasel.
That said, actor Tom Glynn-Carney hopes fans give him a chance. He pointed to moments that hint at greater depths, like his conversation with his mother Alicent as they ride to his coronation. “He was always gonna be a tricky one because, on paper, he can very easily come across as an out-and-out villain, and someone who’s dark and cold. I think he is all those things, but I think there’s way more layers to him, as well,” Glynn-Carney said at the Game of Thrones Official Fan Convention. “He’s not an out-and-out psychopath. There are complexities and intricacies within him that make him an absolute gift to play. He keeps me guessing, so hopefully that translates to keep everyone else on their toes.”
"No one should really be able to make up their mind about him straight away, and hopefully they’ll give him a little bit of a chance. But we’ll see. It’s not looking good!"
Tom Glynn-Carney looking forward to Aegon causing “more havoc” in House of the Dragon season 2
And Glynn-Carney would know better than most; after all, he’ll be filming scenes for House of the Dragon season 2 in March, and may already know some of what’s to come. “All I can tell you is that we’re training very hard and we are making sure our bodies are in good enough condition for how strenuous season 2 is gonna be,” he teased.
"I’m looking forward to having Aegon have a lot more meat to get his teeth stuck into and to cause more havoc, really, and to throw a spanner in the works, which he does so well."
We likely won’t see new episodes of House of the Dragon until 2024. In the meantime, you can always read about the further misadventures of Aegon II Targaryen in the pages of George R.R. Maritn’s book Fire & Blood.
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