House of the Dragon cast

Matt Smith would like Daemon to be played by Big Bird, but Milly Alcock thinks Count Von Count is more fitting. Here's all the Sesame Street characters the ...

“He’d be Balerion the Black Dread,” says Condal, referring to one of the most monstrous dragons in Westerosi history. [ this blog](https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/#196d790943ab) for all my TV recaps and reviews including every episode of House of the Dragon and the upcoming Rings of Power. “I think we need to be Statler and Waldorf,” he says, referring to himself and co-showrunner and Game Of Thrones director Miguel Sapochnik. Corlys is certainly a grouch, but once again Milly Alcock has a better idea: “Oscar the Grouch” she said, should “play Rhys.” She’s referring to Rhys Ifans who plays the ever-gloomy Otto Hightower, Hand of King Viserys, in the show. Some House Of The Dragon stars wanted the same Sesame Street character to play different House roles in this hypothetical parody. In the sketch, the lords and ladies of Jesteros need to figure out who will be the next King and to do so they play a game of chairs. At this point a red-haired Muppet pops up and says “The monster is blue and full of errors.” Olivia Cooke, who plays the grownup version of Alicent Hightower, isn’t much better when it comes to Sesame Street trivia. “He’s like a vampire when he counts.” To be fair, Daemon is definitely more of a vampiric character in the show—ruthless, white-haired and pale. It’s musical chairs, of course, which is basically as sensible a means to determine who gets to be king as picking the next spoiled—likely developmentally stunted—male brat in line based entirely on luck, age and Y chromosomes. The chairs the game is actually played with include a Baseball Bat Throne, a Ping Pong Paddle Throne and a Nine-Iron Throne. House Of The Dragon is a very, very dark and disturbing grimdark fantasy show, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a little fun.

Westeros might be a terrifying world full of dragons and power struggles, but the set of House of the Dragon was anything but scary.

And I think he's making a real drama of it.” Fabien joked. Amazingly fun to sort of hang around with, and he'll regale you with stories from the past. I think he's fine. “And Matt is like a big brother. “It's quite a naughty cast. When asked what it was like working with the talented duo on set, Fabien told virginradio.co.uk: “They're both, individually, just very different.

Scroll down to check out the main cast, both in character and out, for HBO's newest series. House of the Dragon, Sundays, 9/8c, HBO. Paddy Considine ...

[See Also](https://www.tvinsider.com/1056035/house-of-the-dragon-rhaenyra-targaryen-alicent-hightower/) ['House of the Dragon': Milly Alcock & Emily Carey on the Intense Rhaenyra-Alicent Friendship (VIDEO)](https://www.tvinsider.com/1056035/house-of-the-dragon-rhaenyra-targaryen-alicent-hightower/) And like the previous series, the prequel features an outstanding cast. [HBO’s](https://www.tvinsider.com/network/hbo/) newest series. [House of the Dragon](https://www.tvinsider.com/show/house-of-the-dragon/), [Game of Thrones](https://www.tvinsider.com/show/game-of-thrones/) is once again something that everyone’s talking about this summer. [Paddy Considine](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/paddy-considine/), [Matt Smith](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/matt-smith/), and Sian Brooke) to the Hightowers ( [Rhys Ifans](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/rhys-ifans/), [Olivia Cooke](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/olivia-cooke/), and [Emily Carey](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/emily-carey/)) to those in their orbits ( [Steve Toussaint](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/steve-toussaint/), [Fabien Frankel](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/fabien-frankel/), and [Sonoya Mizuno](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/sonoya-mizuno/)), chances are you recognize at least a few people from the main cast, even if you might not know it at first glance due to the outstanding costumes to put them in character. ‘House of the Dragon’ Cast In and Out of Character (PHOTOS)

1. Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen · 2. Matt Smith as Prince Daemon Targaryen · 3. Emma D'Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen · 4. Olivia Cooke as ...

7.Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen Loosely based on George R. House of the Dragon has begun streaming on HBO and Sky Atlantic/NOW here in the UK.