Ahead of the third season of HBO’s “House of the Dragon,” Tom Glynn-Carney and Harry Collett joked about what they would do if they had dragons of their own. Collett said he would make money from the only dragon in the world by running dragon tours, while Glynn-Carney said he would try to bring about world peace by flying around and using deterrence rather than threats.
The pair spoke to Walla Culture and other outlets before season 3 begins on Monday, June 22, on HBO Max, available in Israel through yes. The American fantasy drama, created by George R. R. Martin and Ryan Condal and based on parts of Martin’s novel “Fire and Blood,” premiered in August 2022. It is a prequel to “Game of Thrones,” set nearly 200 years earlier, and follows the beginning of House Targaryen’s سقوط after a devastating succession war. The third season, likely the penultimate one, was filmed last year, has eight episodes, and Condal is now the sole showrunner. The fourth and final season is expected in 2028.
Glynn-Carney, 31, plays Prince Aegon Targaryen II, the violent, idle and pleasure-seeking eldest son of King Viserys and Alicent and Rhaenyra’s half-brother. He is best known for Christopher Nolan’s 2017 film “Dunkirk,” and also appeared in BBC One’s “The Last Post,” “The Book of Clarence” and stage productions. Collett, 22, plays Prince Jacaerys Velaryon, Rhaenyra’s eldest son. He began as a child actor in the West End, appeared as young Michael Bublé in a music video, later starred in the BBC medical drama “Casualty,” and appeared in “Dolittle” in 2020.
Asked about the hardest parts of filming, Collett said it was trying to look convincing in battle scenes when he was acting against blank studio screens, while Glynn-Carney said the toughest part was keeping facial prosthetics on in the scorching sun. Glynn-Carney said the prosthetics affected the way he spoke and moved and helped make Aegon seem more desperate and broken.
Collett said season 3 lets Jacaerys move from political rooms into action and stunts, which he described as very different from the slower political scenes. On the danger of young people gaining power, Collett compared it to giving children too many sweets, saying they start acting wildly, while Glynn-Carney argued that ruling a kingdom without perspective or reference points is inherently unsafe. Both actors also noted their characters’ envy of the other side, with Glynn-Carney saying Aegon envies Jacaerys’s mother’s love and family cohesion, and Collett saying Jacaerys envies the Greens for actually taking action in the war.
