#hotd casting

[hotdaemondtargaryen]

FATHER AND SON: young! rhys ifans - freddie fox.

[novaursa]

If HOTD wasn't a fetish show, they should have cast Chloe Pirrie for the role of !adult Alicent. Especially when I think about her amazing performance in "To walk invisible". Her Emily Brontë could be quite intimidating and imposing, her presence was no doubt commanding. She was be very stern and adamant if need be, but at the same time- capable of showing her loved ones her tender affection. She would have absolutely killed it as Alicent!

I agree.

Had HOTD actually adapted the Dance instead of replacing it with fetishized fanon, Chloe Pirrie could have made Alicent genuinely formidable, complex, and compelling. 🙂

[ride-thedragon]

I see Laena casting discourse again. They really did age her up unnecessarily, and I do think it was to communicate how bad the whole picking child bride thing is while making her a suitable (young) match for Daemon. I genuinely remember the sheer disbelief that she was teen Laena.

Milly and Emily are Rhaenyra and Alicent from ages 14 to 20, respectively, somewhere in that timeline they become Emma and Olivia's versions of the characters. Nova is Laena from 12 to about 15, and then from 16 to 20-ish, she's played by Savannah, who then passes over to Nanna until 26, Laena is at best 26 when she dies. It's a less similar time frame for Laenor who , as much as I love young Laenor, should've been played by the same (teen) actor as he and Rhaenyra are the same age.

Back to Laena, I think they should've just casted younger and kept 1 Laena for youth and one Laena for adulthood like the other girls. Yes, she's younger but not young enough to need that much of a difference between episodes 1 and 5. I'm not promoting the sick comedy of Daemon and Youngest Laena, but that's the general point. You can't want to show the world we're in with Viserys and Rhaenys and then falter when it's Daemon's turn. Those actresses do not have a 4 year age gap. Even casting an older actress in both parts but changing their styling would make sense.

I'm not upset because I adore every Laena actor. They looked and found the prettiest actors they could, and they DIDN'T DISAPPOINT, but it was biased storytelling.

I think this was a case where hiring a young actress and allowing costumes and acting to tell a story would've worked beautifully.

Another way it would've worked was seeing as production and filming takes so long, hiring a young actress and filming baby laena at the start and teen Laena at the end of filming.

Are there no black 14/15/16 year old actors to hire?

I also don't like the fact that they cast Laena with much older actors when they are done with that initial point.

Nova is 14 now, and Savannah is 28. Nanna is 37.

They were 10/11, 25/26, and 34/35, respectively, while filming.

Respectfully that's insane.

They are playing 12, 16, and 26.

It's a clear oversight and is weird because yet again, they didn't consider the implication of a 16 year old black girl going after a 30+ year old prince. Or the idea of going from casting Laena with an actress younger than her age to two actresses a decade apart from her canon age.

Anyways: Casting 101

When 2 actors represent the spectrum of ages, your character is at (10 to 26), maybe cast between them for a teen version.

I don't like the inconsistent casting. I genuinely think the only reason I don't hate it more is because of the fact that the inconsistent costumes piss me off more.

No hate to the actresses again. This is about character continuity and not at all a reflection of their performances. They are our Laena's and the reasons we wish we got more of the character.

[lavenderinoz]

Wonderful news. The talented Abigail Thorn will be appearing in House of The Dragon season 2 as Admiral Sharako Lohar.

In the book Fire and Blood, Admiral Lohar commanded a Triarchy fleet of 90 Myrish, Lysene and Tyroshi warships at the Battle of Gullet.

[mejcinta]

About those Casting Rumors.

There's a rumor going around that hotd could be reshooting Blood and Cheese, which, although it is highly unlikely (GRRM has already watched the first 2 episodes), is not entirely impossible.

The descriptions in this casting call seem to point to Targaryen children, with emphasis on VERY blonde/white hair.

The ages of the children should be around Maelor, Jaehaera and Jaehaerys' ages... although this could apply to white haired Targaryen bastards as well, for all I know.

Watford, is where Leavesden Studios is located, going by this map that shows Watford Rd in Watford!!!

My only doubt surrounding this piece of quite intriguing news is that filming will take place in March, while officially it's been stated reshoots for hotd season 2 are scheduled for the entire month of February.

Maybe the scene being filmed, supposing this casting call is indeed related to Hotd, needs more time and preparation, and the extension is to ensure they find perfect casting for the children? Who knows?

I really don't know what's going on. Let's just wait and see what reports we'll hear next couple of days.

Reshoots are pretty normal for the most part. Hotd season 1 did reshoots few months to release as well.

I'm more curious about what has been changed in the story to prompt the reshoots.

@ceoofhelaegon @witheredoffherwitch @snowblack-charcoalwhite @bohemian-nights @blackcat419 @thephantomcasebook wake up! 🙃

[horizon-verizon]

🔗LINK to TheWrap Article/Interview with Ryan Condal on Why the Velaryons are Black in HotD

Excerpt:

“To me, I mean, I don’t even really think about it anymore. There are so many Valerians in the show, having the Velaryon family, having the Sea Snake’s family, look different than the Targaryens is actually really helpful in the casting and in differentiating people on screen and remembering who’s from what house and maybe making it even clearer that Rhaenyra has children of questionable parentage,” he continued. “I think there are a lot of visual benefits that come along with it, and because Corlys has such a rich and diverse family line himself, just simply making that one turn on him to cast Steve Toussaint, his entire family then becomes a diverse cast and it’s a really interesting way to populate the show with a bunch of different faces that you may or may not have seen in another high fantasy show or in the original series.”

[elleinmotion]

“She sees much and more, my Alys.”

(I am so excited to see Gayle’s work within this role.)

📸 credit Christian Högstedt

[lemonhemlock]

Targs crying Freddie got cast as a Hightower reminds me that they were also crying Tom should have been cast for a better Targaryen role and he is wasted as Aegon. They can't let team green have anything.

go easy on them, they must be going through their terrible twos