The other night, House of the Dragon unexpectedly won the Golden Globe for Best Drama Series. We were thrilled by the news, but didn’t see it coming. And we weren’t alone: it ends up that creator George R.R. Martin was just as shocked.
“It was, of course, an honor just to be nominated, but I never expected that we would win,” Martin wrote on his blog. “After all, GAME OF THRONES had been nominated five times, and had never actually taken home a Globe (Peter Dinklage did win one, as Best Supporting Actor, but never the show itself).”
It’s true that Game of Thrones never managed to win a Golden Globe for Best Drama, even though it routinely cleaned up at the Emmys. Martin was especially surprised that House of the Dragon won given stiff competition from the likes of The Crown (which has claimed this award twice before), Severance (a highly regarded new series) and Better Call Saul (a great show in its final year).
House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal is “deep in pre-production” on season 2
Martin wrote Fire & Blood, the book on which House of the Dragon is based. Currently he’s working on The Winds of Winter, the long-awaited sixth volume in his Song of Ice and Fire series. That’s part of the reason he wasn’t at the award show himself. “I did not fly out to LA this time, because… well, I have a lot to do, I am way behind with much of it, and anyway, no one expected us to win,” he wrote.
Indeed, the only three people on hand to accept the Golden Globe were showrunner Miguel Sapochnik and actors Milly Alcock (Young Rhaenrya Targaryen) and Emma D’Arcy (Adult Rhaenrya Targaryen). If HBO was expecting to win, they probably would have sent more people, including showrunner Ryan Condal.
“Ryan Condal could not make it, he’s off in London deep in pre-production on HotD season 2, but I know he’s as thrilled as I was,” Martin wrote. “My hat is off to our amazing cast and crew; this is their Globe as well.”
House of the Dragon season 2 is due to start filming this year, and probably won’t premiere until 2024.
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