Warning: Spoilers ahead for “House of the Dragon” season one, episode eight. Matt Smith instinctively picked up Viserys’ crown when it fell off Paddy Considine’s head. Director Geeta Patel says it was a “turning point” in brothers Daemon and Viserys’ relationship. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a … Read more
Olivia CookePhoto: Ollie Upton/HBO The pacing of House Of The Dragon is a curious thing, oscillating between a breakneck speed that hardly lets us learn the names of its players before it dispatches them and lethargic, plodding slowness. Maybe that’s what happens when you adapt one section of a fake history book rather than a … Read more
Olivia Cooke and Fabien FrankelPhoto: Ollie Upton/HBO House Of The Dragon pulls a 10-year time jump with “The Princess And The Queen,” taking a page from The Crown. And like that other royal drama Matt Smith was also in, this involves a massive recasting to age up its characters, plus the introduction of a new … Read more