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Abubakar Salim Is Trying to Keep House of the Dragon Fresh for Book Readers
“I’m very aware of where the character goes and who he evolves into. You’ve got to plant these things, I think.”
The second season of House of the Dragon introduced Alyn and Addam of Hull, common-born brothers who are secretly the bastard sons of one of the show’s most powerful players, Lord Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint). Alyn delivers a searing rebuke of his father’s failings to the man’s face, letting out years of pain and resentment over being abandoned to fend for himself while Corlys and his legitimate children lived in luxury. Salim — who did standout work as the android called Father on the late lamented sci-fi series Raised by Wolves and has a side career as a video-game developer — says Alyn wanted to communicate one thing to his deadbeat dad: “I’ve got demons here, man, and you are the one who caused it.” Whether those demons will interfere with the character’s legendary future as depicted in Fire & Blood, the George R.R.
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