House of the Dragon Finale is the best piece of content we’ve gotten all year, as it has elevated the show’s quality to a different ballpark altogether. The prequel of Game of Thrones started out great with a very strong pilot and each episode since simply took the show’s quality to new levels. The show wasn’t even bothered by the recasting of the main characters. Fans simply adored the carefully crafted narrative that was so investing. The pilot of the show became HBO Max’s biggest debut with 10 Million viewers. The most recent ratings reports suggests that the prequel has garnered an audience of 29 Million on an average which is the best for any show after Game of Thrones’ Season 8 which had 44 Million viewers on an average. The last 4 episodes of the show was simply unparalleled to anything we’ve seen all year.
The finale saw Aemond’s dragon – Vhagar chewing up Luke’s dragon-Arrax. Rhaenyra finds this news and her stare suggests war. The finale had packed some great performances especially from Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra. The finale was so emotional yet action packed. The callbacks and parallels that the creators drew added that touch of personal connection and care. It is true that this kind of experience can only be perceived from the Game of Thrones world. No other fantasy world is able to invest you in this manner in its characters and politics. The hatred you have towards the villains almost feels personal and so is the love for the protagonist. That being said, it looks like the person who portrayed our protagonist for more than half of the season almost didn’t get this part.
House of the Dragon: Why Did Emma D’Arcy Almost Didn’t Get the Part?
Emma D’Arcy – the fan favorite star of the show recently told The Hollywood Reporter that they nearly passed on one of the biggest opportunities of her career as the role of Rhaenyra Targaryen was offered to her during the pandemic.
The actor said, “It was about three months of self-taping in my living room in the middle of the pandemic, so it was amazing. Actually, it felt like living on an island and trying to make cinema or something, because I didn’t see anyone or really do anything, but supposedly I was in conversation with one of the biggest TV shows in the world. My partner and I cobbled together a wig out of literally a bag of hair and then after three months of doing that, I was invited for a four- or five-hour in-person audition, did that, and then after that, I was told, ‘You’ll hear something next week.'”
They further added, “And then I didn’t. Then I was told it was probably not going my way. And I thought, ‘Wow, it’s a real shame.’ I went to the countryside, just for the weekend, to start metabolizing, and at the end of that weekend I had about 14 missed calls from my agent. I spoke to him the next morning to hear, ‘They changed their mind! Do you want to do it?’ So weird, honestly. A very solitary process that went on seemingly half a year.”
House of the Dragon has an incredible ensemble cast that includes Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans. Along with the main cast, the supporting cast of the show includes- Milly Alcock, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Emily Carey, Harry Collett, Ryan Corr, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jefferson Hall, David Horovitch, Wil Johnson, John Macmillan, Graham McTavish, Ewan Mitchell, Theo Nate, Matthew Needham, Bill Paterson, Phia Saban, Gavin Spokes, Savannah Steyn, and more.
All ten episodes of House of the Dragon Season One are currently streaming on HBO Max or Disney+.
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