{"id":20878,"date":"2022-08-25T15:41:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T13:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1698496"},"modified":"2022-08-25T16:08:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T14:08:24","slug":"game-of-thrones-star-wants-melisandre-to-return-in-house-of-the-dragon","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/game-of-thrones-star-wants-melisandre-to-return-in-house-of-the-dragon\/","title":{"rendered":"Game of Thrones star wants Melisandre to return in House of the Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lewis Knight\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 25 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Carice van Houten wants to reprise her role as Melisandre from Game of Thrones in its new prequel series House of the Dragon.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Dutch actress portrayed the Red Priestess on the original HBO fantasy drama series from its second season to its conclusion in 2019.<\/p>\n

However, given that her character was revealed to be hundreds of years old but used sorcery to keep a youthful appearance, there is a likelihood that she is alive during the events of House of the Dragon, which is set around 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday (24th August 2022), van Houten shared a fan\u2019s Instagram Stories post of a photo of Melisandre and a message which read: \u201cJust watched House of the Dragon. I\u2019m just saying, Melisandre is centuries old\u2026\u201d<\/p>

Sharing the post on her own Instagram Stories<\/a>, the actress posted a \u2018fingers crossed\u2019 emoji and a winking face emoji.<\/p>\n

The character of Melisandre does not appear in the George R R Martin fictional history Fire and Blood, which House of the Dragon is based on, but that does not necessarily rule out an appearance.<\/p>\n

In the novels and the series, Melisandre originates from the land of Asshai, which is far away from Westeros in eastern Essos.<\/p>\n

When she is introduced, Melisandre is the religious adviser of the Iron Throne claimant King Stannis Baratheon, played by Stephen Dillane in the show, and engages in sorcery and blood sacrifice out of her belief in him being the \u2018Prince That Was Promised\u2019 and will come and defeat the coming darkness.<\/p>\n

Fans of Game of Thrones will have seen her attention turn towards Jon Snow (Kit Harington) before going on to be exiled for burning young Princess Shireen Baratheon (Kerry Ingram) at the stake in a sacrifice to her Lord of Light.<\/p>\n

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Carice van Houten and Maisie Williams in Game of Thrones.<\/span><\/figcaption> HBO<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

In the final season, Melisandre returned to aid Jon Snow and his allies against the White Walkers and her words helped spur Arya Stark into taking vital action.<\/p>\n

In Melisandre\u2019s final scene, with her mission complete, she removed her red amulet and aged rapidly until crumbling to dust.<\/p>\n

We imagine she will look a bit less dusty should she return for House of the Dragon!<\/p>\n

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