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Matt Smith Pulls Back the Curtain on ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, From Losing a Showrunner to Playing a ‘Much Weaker’ Daemon in Crisis
Matt Smith pulls back the curtain on 'House of the Dragon' Season 2, from losing showrunner Miguel Sapochnik to playing a 'weaker' Daemon in crisis.
On “House of the Dragon,” HBO’s fantasy epic that takes place two centuries before “Game of Thrones,” Matt Smith plays Daemon, a warrior prince who exists among fire-breathing reptiles and palace intrigue. Then, Sapochnik, a former “Game of Thrones” director, and Condal, a veteran screenwriter (his credits include the Dwayne Johnson vehicles “Hercules” and “Rampage”), teamed up for a series about the Targaryens, one that had obvious pressure on it to be done right. That’d be Smith: The would-be footballer who found the stage a place he could tap into things, the Doctor who leaped into the role despite being too young and too unknown, the prince who went his own way twice over, the actor who might yet hop the line to movie stardom.
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