Subscribe to my free weekly content round-up newsletter, God Rolls. Turns out the man knows what he’s talking about!įollow me on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. He’s right about that, as in addition to Considine’s Viserys, there has been lavish praise for Milly Alcock, Olivia Cooke and Matt Smith in their respective roles, in addition to other members of the cast. You may never have heard of some of our actors, but I think you will learn to love them, just as you did with the cast of GAME OF THRONES).” (There are a lot of great performances in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON - or HOTD, as I hear some are calling it. Kudos to Paddy, Ryan and his writers, and Miguel and the other directors. “I am vastly impressed by the show’s version of King Viserys, played by Paddy Considine, who gives the character a tragic majesty that my book Viserys never quite achieved. Then, all the way back in June before the show was even out, Martin had similar sentiments that he posted to his famous blog: You kind of wish you could go back and do that version.” Sometimes you get an actor, director or screenwriter who changes your stuff in a way you like. This is not the first time this has happened to me with adaptations. I saw him as … I kind of liked him, but what Paddy Considine has done has, to my mind, made him much more of a tragic figure and less of an amiable guy who doesn’t really realize what’s going on around him. Viserys, when I wrote Fire and Blood, was I guess not a character who particularly engaged me. I’m particularly thinking of Paddy Considine’s portrayal of King Viserys. “In some ways, I think they’ve made some improvements. Here he is in the podcast Game of Owns back when we were still on episode 3: Update (10/11): You know who else was extolling the virtues of Paddy Considine’s Viserys performance long, long before last night’s episode? George RR Martin, where I’ve seen some old quotes making the rounds that now seem to have new relevance, given the events of this week’s episode and the performance Considine put on. Excellent work, and out of every character in Westeros, Viserys will stand the test of time as one of the best-performed. In any case, even if he’s not given any statues, it was an absolute hell of a performance from Considine these last eight weeks.
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