{"id":52996,"date":"2024-06-10T17:43:18","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T15:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2054276"},"modified":"2024-06-10T19:06:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T17:06:07","slug":"house-of-the-dragon-boss-reveals-warning-he-gave-matt-smith-before-season-2","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/house-of-the-dragon-boss-reveals-warning-he-gave-matt-smith-before-season-2\/","title":{"rendered":"House of the Dragon boss reveals \u201cwarning\u201d he gave Matt Smith before season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I love Matt and working with him, and we challenged him quite a bit this year.” <\/p>

By Louise Griffin\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 10 June 2024 at 15:43 PM<\/p>

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Ryan Condal, showrunner of House of the Dragon<\/a>, has revealed a \u201cwarning\u201d he gave to Matt Smith before he reprised his role as Daemon Targaryen<\/a> for season 2.<\/p>\n

Fans of the book will know Daemon has some huge moments ahead of him, with Condal admitting he didn\u2019t hold back on challenging Smith as an actor.<\/p>\n

He exclusively told RadioTimes.com<\/a>: \u201cI love Matt and working with him, and we challenged him quite a bit this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI warned him early on, \u2018You did such a great job in season 1, now we\u2019re gonna throw a lot at you and really challenge your range as an actor, and also what makes Daemon as a character.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Damon is the character a lot of people hook into with this series, because it\u2019s the sort of stereotypical heroic male lead. And we wanted to kind of turn that on its ear, beginning with episode 1 of season 1 and carrying all the way through the rest of his arc through the series.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon<\/span><\/figcaption> HBO<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

He continued: \u201cAnd we really want[ed] to put Daemon through a character challenge this season \u2013 challenge expectations for him and for the way people see Daemon, for all the complexities that went through in season 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I mean, without saying anything about the story, because I think people should experience it live on television for the first time as pure a way as possible, it\u2019s the thing that I think we\u2019re most proud of this season, because it\u2019s very unexpected.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s very challenging to Daemon. I think it puts Daemon through paces that we have not seen before and challenges him as a character and you\u2019re thus going to see different sides of him. And where it brings him to in the end, I think is a really interesting place.\u201d<\/p>

Smith has previously said of Daemon\u2019s journey in season 2: \u201cWe definitely meet Daemon at a point of crisis in this situation, and in many ways, it\u2019s a different version of him. It\u2019s one that\u2019s much weaker.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added to Variety<\/a>: \u201cYou never really know which way he\u2019s going to go. I always viewed him as an agent of chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just which way that chaos is going to take him, fans will find out very soon.<\/p>\n

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House of the Dragon season 2 will air on Sky Atlantic and\u00a0NOW<\/a>\u00a0in the UK from 17th June \u2013 find out more about\u00a0how to sign up for Sky TV<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check out more of our\u00a0Fantasy<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0<\/strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> <\/body><\/html>\n

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