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The second season of theGame of Thronesspinoff seriesHouse of the Dragonis all set to premiere on June 16. The HBO drama series is a prequel to the hit TV show and focuses on the Targaryens. The show’s first season received rave reviews and even won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama.
Ewan Mitchell plays the role of Aemond Targaryen, an unhinged and unpredictable member of the Targaryen clan. While he drew eyes for his impressive performance in the first season, his role seems to be fleshed out more in the second, teasing more of his antics in the show. Mitchell revealed that he was inspired by three popular horror film villains for his role.
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The spinoff seriesHouse of the Dragonwas one of the few shows based on George R.R. Martin’sA Song of Ice and Firenovel series that was greenlit by HBO. After the success ofGame of Thrones, many shows were in development building on the popularity of the fantasy series. However,House of the Dragonremained the only show to be fully developed.
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The prequel is set 200 years before the events ofGame of Thrones, focusing on the fall of House Targaryen, who ruled the Seven Kingdoms. The show boasts of multiple unhinged characters such asMatt Smith’s Daemon and Ewan Mitchell’s Aemond Targaryen. The latter has particularly been received well among fans of the series due to Mitchell’s performance.
The actor is set to return in the second season of the show which will soon premiere. In an interview withMovie Zine, Ewan Mitchell spoke about how he built more on the character this season. Due to his costume having an eye patch, the actor revealed that he had to compensate with more physicality and hence took inspiration from horror film villains.
I took inspiration from a lot of ‘80s horror icons [such as] Michael Myers, Freddy Kruger, and…Pinhead from Hellraiser. You know, characters that may not necessarily say that much but they have such an impending kind of presence that is quite…it’s that fear of inevitability.
He mentioned how he was fascinated by the physicality of someone like Michael Myers, who would slowly walk while chasing the protagonist but would still catch up to them. He said that he tapped into such qualities to bring out his performance.
Ewan Mitchell Loves His Eyepatch InHouse of the Dragon
One of the characteristics of Ewan Mitchell inHouse of Dragonis his badass eye patch. He uses the patch to cover the Sapphire diamond in place of his eye. The actor mentioned that he was a huge fan of the eyepatch as it added a lot more menace to his role as Aemond Targaryen. The actor also mentioned that it made him claustrophobic.
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Speaking toComicBook.comabout the role, Mitchell mentioned that the eyepatch was the cherry on top for his character. He said,
I love the eye patch. That’s probably my favorite prop on the show, for sure. You know, when the eye patch goes on … it kind of makes it a little more claustrophobic for me … It’s like the cherry on top.
Working on the show is such a transformative experience for me as an actor from the costume and the hair and makeup and like I was saying, the eye patch is the cherry on top. Which do I think looks more badass? The gemstone or the eye patch. It’s got to be the gemstone for sure.
Aemond Targaryen is known for being a vicious warrior and is set to be even more unhinged in his appearance in the next season ofHouse of the Dragon.
House of the Dragonis set to premiere on HBO on June 16.
Nishanth A
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
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