‘House of the Dragon’s Harry Collett on Having Daemon as a Step Dad

Home of the Dragon Season 2’s premiere is on our doorstep and with the second season will come extra battle, extra household drama, and lots of extra dragons. The Sport of Thrones prequel sequence guarantees an much more intense second season as we watch the Targaryens cut up themselves down the center. Those that assist Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) name themselves the Greens, whereas those that assist his older half-sister Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) name themselves the Blacks. Whereas the Greens might need a stronghold on the land in King’s Touchdown and a rising military, the Blacks take pleasure in dragons (although fewer dragonriders) and a naval fleet. Because the Dance of the Dragons takes off, conflict will tear the household and the realm aside.

On Dragonstone, the island the place Rhaenyra leads the Blacks, two of Rhaenyra’s high dragonriders are additionally her youngsters. Jacaerys Velaryon (Harry Collett) is her son and inheritor, and he rides the dragon Vermax. Baela Targaryen (Bethany Antonia) rides the dragon Moondancer, and she or he is betrothed to Jace and the daughter of Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith), making her additionally Rhaenyra’s step-daughter (amongst different relations… oy, these Targaryens.) Whereas each Daemon and Rhaenys (Eve Greatest) trip dragons alongside Rhaeyra, Jace, and Baela shall be key gamers within the conflict to come back.

We spoke with each Harry Collett and Bethany Antonia concerning the new season of Home of the Dragon. We mentioned what their characters’ relationships are with their step-parents in addition to how the 2 characters developed in the course of the time jumps. Collett additionally mentioned filming on the legendary Wall within the North and dealing with Tom Taylor who performs Cregan Stark. Antonia mentioned attending to dig deeper into her character and formally getting on a dragon. Watch the video interview with Collett and Antonia above or learn the complete transcript of the interview beneath.

Do Jace and Baela Maintain Any Resentment for Daemon and Rhaenyra, Respectively?

COLLIDER: My first query is having a look again. Daemon and Rhaenyra received married so shortly, and I am questioning should you guys taking part in your characters have seemed again on that point in between the place they’re creating as a household and have lastly come collectively. Is there any resentment that your characters maintain — Baela for Rhaenyra and Jace for Daemon — for changing the guardian that they misplaced?

BETHANY ANTONIA: Apparently, I believe it is weirdly the other. I wish to assume that Laena and Rhaenyra had such an in depth friendship. Clearly, we’re on this planet of Westeros, so marrying throughout the household is not unusual. I believe that from Baela’s perspective, if not Rhaenyra, it might have been any individual else, and so why not any individual that her mum cherished dearly and thought actually extremely of, and any individual who’s so caring in the direction of her and her household? So, I do not assume there’s any resentment there from from Baela’s viewpoint.

HARRY COLLETT: I believe there is not any resentment for Jace both with Daemon as a result of he hasn’t actually had a robust father determine his complete life, anyway. However he does sort of admire Daemon in a means that he respects the way in which he offers with issues and simply the way in which that he would not care. I believe Jace simply appears as much as Daemon in a means. So, I do not assume there’s any resentment there as a result of it is not like there was a father determine his complete life, after which unexpectedly that father determine is gone, and Daemon’s simply come alongside. It wasn’t like that. It is simply Jace has been tossed about in all places.

Not simply the stepfather, however the father who stepped up, some would possibly say.

COLLETT: Yeah, in a means he is grateful, actually. I like the way in which you place that, truly, yeah.

Bethany Antonia and Harry Collett Fill within the Time Soar Gaps

I am curious, as a result of there was this hole in time. Do you guys have any concepts of how that point was stuffed? Clearly, there have been a number of time jumps inside Season 1. Do you’ve got any concepts of how your character has developed? Perhaps we’ll by no means see it on display, however do you’ve got any ideas in your thoughts about these types of issues?

ANTONIA: Yeah. For Baela, instantly from after we depart her within the first time bounce, little, she goes and spends all of her time with Rhaenys. She goes to ward at Drifmark, and Corlys is gone, and she or he goes to sort of study from her what it means to be the matriarch of a household. So, that is what she spent her time doing, which has come in useful now that it is all kicked off and she or he must put that into apply. [Laughs] So, that is what she did.

COLLETT: Nicely, clearly, we have got the bodily change of Jace together with his new hair [laughs], however emotionally, I believe he is gonna be extra decided. He is gonna need revenge. He’s indignant. I believe his all sense of pondering straight has simply gone, however not not like a correct psychological aspect. I believe that he is nonetheless received his wits about him, however he is simply not pondering straight. However he nonetheless has a entrance of being like, “I’m royal. I am skilled. I nonetheless do issues the suitable means, however I’m actually fuming.”

Harry Collett on How He Bonded With Tom Taylor for ‘Home of the Dragon’ Season 2

We get to see him go to the Wall, which is such an enormous factor for anyone who’s a Sport of Thrones fan. That is an iconic location. Are you able to speak about filming that, and likewise about working with Tom Taylor, who performs Cregan Stark, and forming that bond between the 2 characters?

COLLETT: That was clearly fairly thrilling as a result of I bear in mind even being on the script learn and asking Ryan [Condal], “Have we solid Cregan but?” He is like, “No.” I used to be like, “Let me know as quickly as you do!” [Laughs] Then he lastly got here into my trailer in the future and was like, “We’ve solid Cregan.” I’m like, “Oh, nice. Who’s it?” And Tom got here in, we filmed the scenes, and it was nice, however we have been so busy with different stuff and specializing in the scene, we did not actually get an opportunity to bond. Then, we have been going to come back again to a different scene, however that was in, like, two or three weeks, and I believe I had a while off. So, I went on vacation, and Tom was like, “What are you doing subsequent week?” I used to be like, “I am occurring vacation,” after which I used to be like, “You may come if you’d like.” Tom was like, “Yeah, perhaps I’ll.” Then, on the Sunday I used to be in Spain, he was like, “Oh, I am gonna get flights out. Is it nonetheless alright for me to come back?” I used to be like, “Yeah, go.” So, he got here out, and we had a very good bonding session in Spain. We then went again and filmed the remainder of the scene, and it actually helped as a result of there was a number of bonding there as a result of we might simply been to Spain! So, that helps. However yeah, it’s a very nice scene. I simply hope the followers get pleasure from it, to be sincere.

Bethany Antonia Discusses Driving Her Dragon in Season 2

Bethany, you get to trip Moondancer this time, and I am very excited to see her on her dragon. What’s one of the best a part of increasing in your character this season and entering into this position of getting a bigger half, even within the battle? We see her within the small council chamber alongside all these males, and she or he’s had much more energy this season, so are you able to speak about that?

ANTONIA: Nicely, for me personally, this was my first time doing a second sequence of something. I’ve solely ever performed a restricted sequence or one-off issues earlier than, so simply that in itself, having a 12 months in between to actually take into consideration what your character is and the way they’re going to current themselves was wonderful. I actually discovered so many issues that simply got here extra naturally as a result of we have been going once more. I simply love that we get to see her in all her dimensions and all her totally different colours, and we get to see her stepping as much as the plate for everyone. We get to see how she feels about every of those totally different characters.

And dragon-riding was simply out of this world. There was one thing so particular about being on the precise dragon as a result of it was the primary time in filming that I may see all the crew, like above them. I may see actually how many individuals it takes to make the present, and I simply was so in awe. It was fairly actually being above the entire room, and being like, “Wow, yeah, there’s lots of people to do that.” So, it was actually particular. Actually, actually particular.

Who Would Collett and Antonia Play on Group Inexperienced?

Wrapping up, I’ve a query that I am asking everyone. Should you may play one character on the opposite group, so on this case, Group Inexperienced, do you’ve got a personality that you’d play?

ANTONIA: Blasphemous.

COLLETT: I might say the one that is most much like Daemon — Aemond.

ANTONIA: I might wish to play Helaena. She’s the kindest of all of the Greens.

Home of the Dragon Season 2 premieres Sunday, June 16 on Max.

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