Martin’s mythical made-up* monsters loomed large over the capital this evening for the Premiere for House of the Dragon Season 2, the latest slice of the prequel series to Game of Thrones.
Based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood and set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series tells the story of House Targaryen. The returning cast includes Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, Eve Best, Steve Toussaint, Fabien Frankel, Ewan Mitchell, Tom Glynn-Carney, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans. Additional returning cast includes Harry Collett, Bethany Antonia, Phoebe Campbell, Phia Saban, Jefferson Hall, and Matthew Needham.
New cast members are Clinton Liberty as Addam of Hull, Jamie Kenna as Ser Alfred Broome, Kieran Bew as Hugh, Tom Bennett as Ulf, Tom Taylor as Lord Cregan Stark, and Vincent Regan as Ser Rickard Thorne. Previously announced new season two cast includes Abubakar Salim as Alyn of Hull, Gayle Rankin as Alys Rivers, Freddie Fox as Ser Gwayne Hightower, and Simon Russell Beale as Ser Simon Strong.
House of the Dragon will be available exclusively on Sky & NOW from the 17th of June, 2024. Scott Davis, Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet. They asked questions, got answers. See here for their endeavours laid bare.
House of the Dragon Season 2 Premiere Interviews
Plot:
The show will focus on an infamous event in Westeros history known as the Dance of the Dragons. This is a civil war that took place between siblings Aegon II and Rhaenyra over the throne after the death of their father Viserys I.
*as in ‘fictional’, rather than lipstick and mascara and so on.
