GAME OF THRONES Prequel Series HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Casts Paddy Considine As Viserys Targaryen

GAME OF THRONES Prequel Series HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Casts Paddy Considine As Viserys Targaryen

HBO's upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon has added its first major cast member, as British actor Paddy Considine (Dead Man's Shoes, Journeyman) will play King Viserys Targaryen.

By MarkCassidy - Oct 05, 2020 03:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Game of Thrones

House of the Dragon has found its King Viserys Targaryen! HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series has cast renowned British actor Paddy Considine as the kind-hearted monarch, who was the distant ancestor of Daenerys Stormborn (Emilia Clarke).

Unlike certain other Targaryens who would go on to share his name, Viserys was said to be an honourable man and a wise, beloved ruler, and it sounds like his small screen counterpart will follow suit.

"Viserys was chosen by the lords of Westeros to succeed the Old King, Jaehaerys Targaryen, at the Great Council at Harrenhal," reads the official character description."A warm, kind, and decent man, Viserys only wishes to carry forward his grandfather’s legacy, but as we’ve learned from Game of Thrones, good men do not necessarily make for great kings."

Considine is probably best known for playing the unhinged Richard in Shane Meadows' Dead Man's Shoes, but he's also made impressions in the likes of In America, Hot Fuzz and Peaky Blinders. More recently, he appeared in HBO's Stephen King adaptation, The Outsider.

EW has also shared descriptions for some of the other key roles we can expect to see filled over the next few weeks:

—Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen: King Viserys' chosen heir, a dragon rider who grew up expecting to become the first ruling Queen of Westeros.

—Queen Alicent Hightower: Viserys' ambitious second wife and Rhaenyra's stepmother, who had three children of her own with the king.

—Aegon II Targaryen: Princess Rhaenyra's younger half-brother who challenges Rhaenyra's claim to the throne, igniting a civil war.

—Prince Daemon Targaryen: Rhaenyra's uncle, an experienced warrior.

House of the Dragon is being developed as a 10-episode first season, co-created by George R.R. Martin and Ryan Condal (Colony). Condal also wrote the script with Sara Lee Hess, and will serve as co-showrunner alongside Miguel Sapochnik. The latter will direct the pilot and additional episodes.

The show is on track for a 2022 premiere.

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Imfunnyhow
Imfunnyhow - 10/5/2020, 3:45 PM
What will GOT be like with this new climate? With nude or sexual leaning moments in film with women being no longer cool / acceptable, How will GOT fair?
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 10/5/2020, 4:05 PM
@Imfunnyhow

“With nude or sexual leaning moments in film with women being no longer cool / acceptable”

Imfunnyhow
Imfunnyhow - 10/5/2020, 4:07 PM
@regularmovieguy - Im sure the show will be fine.... Everyone loves Dragons, of course we all do... But to be real, 90% of viewers didn't tune in to GOT for... But I digress
IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 10/5/2020, 3:45 PM
Bummer.
Really wanted to see Aegon and Visenya and Rhaenys brought to the small screen.

Maybe in another season?
dracula
dracula - 10/5/2020, 3:51 PM
On another topic

Netflix cancelled Glow
https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/glow-cancelled-netflix-reverse-season-4-renewal/

Seriously it was the final season and they already started filming, what the hell
inkniron
inkniron - 10/5/2020, 4:02 PM
@dracula -
PunGuy
PunGuy - 10/5/2020, 3:59 PM
NO NO NO

We needed a Rastafarian Targaryen
Origame
Origame - 10/5/2020, 4:02 PM
So basically someone on the production of this GOT show thought "We should take a trip to the Andys"

SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 10/5/2020, 6:03 PM
@Origame - Would love to see Rafe Spall in this, too, honestly.
Thanson
Thanson - 10/5/2020, 4:05 PM
I am so excited for this as the Dance of Dragons story from Fire & Blood is my favorite. This is the civil war that nearly ended the Targaryens while removing Dragons from the world completely.
Scarilian
Scarilian - 10/5/2020, 4:06 PM
Is anyone going to watch this after the disaster of last season emphasized how bad the show had been the entire time? It was like the J.J.Abrams of shows, just teasing you with something epic on the horizon over and over again.
CassianAndor
CassianAndor - 10/6/2020, 9:57 AM
@Scarilian - That’s not true. The first 4 seasons were and still are great TV. D&D are just talentless hacks who seriously lost the plot after they lost Martin’s source material.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 10/5/2020, 4:47 PM
Off topic: But, this is what they should've just done in the first place in the country formerly known as the United States. https://www.businessinsider.com/box-office-experts-say-tenet-should-move-to-digital-rental-2020-10
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