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‘House Of The Dragon’ Director Alan Taylor Unpacks Season 2, Episode 4’s Massive Dragon Battle


Director and executive producer Alan Taylor talks to Deadline about the making of The Battle of Rook's Rest

Titled “The Red Dragon and the Gold,” director and executive producer Alan Taylor helms The Battle at Rook’s Rest, which finds Rhaenys ( Eve Best) on the warpath to defend her family’s kingdom and claim to the Iron Throne. After Aegon ( Tom Glynn-Carney) makes an ill-fated decision to ride Sunfyre into the throngs of war, alongside his brother Aemond ( Ewan Mitchell) and Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel), Rhaenys and her dragon Meleys end up sparing with the young, misguided ruler. That is until Aemond swoops in to save the day with Vhagar killing Rhaenys while also sneak attacking Sunfyre, leading Aegon to plummet from the sky to great injury.

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