House of the Dragon<\/a> premiere last night, then you\u2019ll know that it isn\u2019t for the squeamish \u2013 particularly when it comes to the graphic birth scene.<\/p>\nWhen Aemma Arryn (Sian Brooke) runs into complications during the birth of a male heir, King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) chooses for his wife to receive a fatal, rudimentary version of a Cesarean section in an attempt to save the baby, resulting in her painful, bloody death.<\/p>\n
Now, director Miguel Sapochnik has explained why he chose to include the explicit scene, revealing that he wanted to explore the idea that \u201cfor a woman in medieval times, giving birth was violence\u201d.<\/p>