The dragon house and racism

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the figure of House of the Dragon, Steve Toussaintwho in the series plays Lord Corlys Velaryon, also known as “The Sea Snake”, criticized viewers of the prequel of Game thrones They would not agree with your choice.

“Seems to be very difficult for people to swallow“, Toussaint said in an interview with Men’s health. “They are happy with a flying dragon. They are satisfied with white hair and purple eyes, but a rich black? This is beyond the limits “.

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Although Lord Corlys is never explicitly described as white Fire & blood (from George RR Martin)from which it fits House of the Dragonas published by Varietymany have imagined that the character had fair skin because his ancestors, in Martin’s work, have long hair. “white-blond”.

However, as Toussaint points out, those who believe that his choice for the role is “unrealistic” anyway. “have no problem accepting the existence of dragons and magicNot to mention that the adaptations often take deviations and sometimes even have little to do with the mandates of the original book.

“What I think was really wonderful is that for each one toxic person that somehow found its way into my timeline, there were, always, many others who surely supported me. “

“Even when we were shooting some scenes, there were support artists coming up and saying: ‘It’s great to have what you’re doing, your performance‘”.

quite a success

House of the Dragon Sunday arrived the biggest premiere of the series in HBO historyalmost attracting 10 million viewers after the debut of its first episode. The expected blockbuster was also a trend on Twitter, with two million searches on Google. A new episode will be released every Sunday, until it reaches ten o’clock.

The other record series for HBO this year was euphoriaand that during the month of February, and in its second season, it became the second most watched series of all time for the company.

according to the book fire and bloodby Martin himself, is set about 200 years before the events seen in Had and tells the story of House Targaryen.

The reintroduction of the prequel mode takes place over a period of time that begins 172 years before Daenerys Targaryen was born. helps the audience understand the completely different relationship that the people of King’s Landing had with the dragon knights of their time.

In Rhaenyra’s childhood, dragons were a normal part of the daily life of the inhabitants of the capital of Westeros. When he flies overhead, no one flinches or looks in fear. And this dragons they are simply a powerful and magical piece of Targaryen rule. At this point in history, there hadn’t been a war on Westeros for over 60 years.

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Source: Clarin

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