The third season of House of the Dragon is being shot as we speak. But later this year, the second will get a chance to strut its stuff on stage at the 77th Emmy Awards, or at least that's what HBO hopes. According to Gold Derby, the network has submitted House of the Dragon for a total of 40 potential awards.
Obviously, it's submitted the show for Best Drama Series, the top award of the night. It's submitted 10 actors for consideration. Emma D'Arcy (Rhaenyra Targaryen) is the only actor they've put forward for one of the lead categories. Seven others have been submitted in supporting actor categories: Matt Smith (Daemon Targaryen), Tom Glynn-Carney (Aegon Targaryen), Ewan Mitchell (Aemond Targaryen), Steve Toussaint (Corlys Velaryon), Fabien Frankel (Criston Cole), Olivia Cooke (Alicent Hightower) and Eve Best (Rhaenys Targaryen). And then there's Rhys Ifans (Otto Hightower) and Paddy Considine (Viserys Targaryen) who have submitted in the Best Guest Actor category.
I agree that Emma D'Arcy is probably the most prominent actor on the show, but I think they could have gotten away with submitting Matt Smith or Olivia Cooke in Lead Actor categories considering how they changed the source material to focus on their characters. For my money, I'd love to see D'Arcy win for Best Actress in a Drama Series and for Tom Glynn-Carney to win Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series; his performance as the tortured King Aegon was a highlight of the season for me.
HBO has submitted the show for lots of other categories, including directing, writing, visual effects, cinematography, editing and more. The episode with the most submissions attached to it is "The Red Dragon and the Gold," the one where Aegon, Aemond and Rhaenys fought on their dragons high above the castle of Rook's Rest. I don't think many would dispute that this was the high point of the season, so I'm not surprised to see it well-represented.
Here's the full list of submissions for House of the Dragon season 2:
- Best Drama Series
- Best Actress in a Drama Series: Emma D'Arcy
- Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Matt Smith
- Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Tom Glynn-Carney
- Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Ewan Mitchell
- Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Steve Toussaint
- Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Fabien Frankel
- Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Olivia Cooke
- Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Eve Best
- Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series: Paddy Considine (Episode 206 “Smallfolk”)
- Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series: Rhys Ifans (Episode 202 “Rhaenyra the Cruel”)
- Best Directing for a Drama Series: Clare Kilner (Episode 202 “Rhaenyra the Cruel”)
- Best Directing for a Drama Series: Alan Taylor (Episode 204 “The Red Dragon and the Gold”)
- Best Directing for a Drama Series: Andrij Parekh (Episode 206 “Smallfolk”)
- Best Directing for a Drama Series: Loni Peristere (Episode 207 “The Red Sowing”)
- Best Directing for a Drama Series: Geeta Vasant Patel (Episode 208 “The Queen Who Ever Was”)
- Best Writing for a Drama Series: Sara Hess (Episode 202 “Rhaenyra the Cruel”)
- Best Writing for a Drama Series: David Hancock (Episode 203 “The Burning Mill”)
- Best Writing for a Drama Series: Ryan Condal (Episode 204 “The Red Dragon and the Gold”)
- Best Picture Editing for a Drama Series: Frances Parker (Episode 201 “A Son for a Son”)
- Best Picture Editing for a Drama Series: Crispin Green (Episode 202 “Rhaenyra the Cruel”)
- Best Picture Editing for a Drama Series: Katie Weiland (Episode 204 “The Red Dragon and the Gold”)
- Best Picture Editing for a Drama Series: Adam Bosman (Episode 206 “Smallfolk”)
- Best Cinematography for a Series (One Hour): Alejandro Martínez (Episode 202 “Rhaenyra the Cruel”)
- Best Cinematography for a Series (One Hour): PJ Dillon (Episode 204 “The Red Dragon and the Gold”)
- Best Cinematography for a Series (One Hour): Vanja Černjul (Episode 207 “The Red Sowing”)
- Best Cinematography for a Series (One Hour): Catherine Goldschmidt (Episode 208 “The Queen Who Ever Was”)
- Best Production Design for a Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More): Jim Clay, Dominic Masters, Claire Nia Richards (Episode 204 “The Red Dragon and the Gold”)
- Best Casting for a Drama Series: Kate Rhodes James
- Best Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes: Caroline McCall, Joanna Lynch, Polixeni Kyriacou, Aaron Timperley, Isabelle Conaghan (Episode 203 “The Burning Mill”)
- Best Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling: Rosalia Culora, Stacey Johnson, Kashiya Hinds, Tania Couper, Sarah Spears, Ella Burton (Episode 206 “Smallfolk”)
- Best Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic): Amanda Knight, Sara Kramer, Harriet Thompson, Bonny Monger, Helen Currie, Natalie Wickens, Vickie Ellis (Episode 204 “The Red Dragon and the Gold”)
- Best Prosthetic Makeup: Waldo Mason, Claire Cameron, Heather McMullen, Emma Faulkes, Hannah Eccleston (Episode 207 “The Red Sowing”)
- Best Main Title Design: Garson Yu, Mulan Leong-Suzuki, James Robertson, Damian Stricker, Dan Tegnelia, Gregory Jones
- Best Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score): Ramin Djawadi (Episode 208 “The Queen Who Ever Was”)
- Best Sound Editing for a Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour): Al Sirkett, Paula Fairfield, Tim Hands, Adele Fletcher, Mathias Schuster, Ruth Knight, Martin Cantwell, David Klotz, Barnaby Smyth, Rebecca Glover (Episode 204 “The Red Dragon and the Gold”)
- Best Sound Mixing for a Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour): Simon Bishop, Al Sirkett, Doug Cooper, Keith Partridge (Episode 204 “The Red Dragon and the Gold”)
- Best Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie: Daði Einarsson, Thomas Horton, Lev Kolobov, Mike Dawson, Sven Martin, Fausto Tejeda, Wayne Stables, Marcus Goodwin, Martin Pelletier
- Best Stunt Coordination for Drama Programming: Rowley Irlam
- Best Stunt Performance: Leigh Maddern, Sam Stefan, Dan Rawlings, Lawrence Hansen (Episode 207 “The Red Sowing”)
After it's first season, House of the Dragon was nominated for nine Emmys and won only one, for Best Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes. Will it beat its record this year? Nominations are announced on July 15 and the primetime ceremony will go down on September 14.
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