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Spoilers forHouse of the Dragonseason-two finale The Queen Who Ever Wasand the bookFire & Bloodfollow.
It was catharsis in a finale full of cliff-hangers.
He chose to ignore us for the whole of season one, man!
jokes Abubakar Salim, who plays Alyn, a sailor and shipwright whos the older of the two brothers.
Whether those demons will interfere with the characters legendary future as depicted inFire & Blood, the George R.R.
Martin book on which the show is (sometimes loosely) based, remains to be seen.
Lets talk about Alyns monologue in the finale when he finally lets Lord Corlys have it.
Filming it must have been a pretty big deal.It was huge.
We spent a whole day on it, trying all sorts of takes.
We tried it screaming at his face; we tried doing it as silently and stoically as we could.
I have no idea where my lines are going to take me.
Alyn thinks he has it all together.
But every time Corlys comes to the shipyard, Alyn is like,Here we go again.
It wasnt planned, he wasnt supposed to do this, but its just coming out.
He was just venting and saying, Hey buddy, back off.
This is how youve made me feel, and this is not cool.
Just leave me alone.
Id be interested to hear what Steve thinks in regards to whether or not I got through to Corlys.
Whether its going to have an impact, I dont know.
Its nice that despiteall the dragons, this is still a family drama at heart.And thats its strength.
Alyn is one of several characters this season drawn from the smallfolk, Westeross everyday people.
Its exposing how when the top makes difficult decisions, its the smallfolk who suffer.
Thats an important message.
Yeah, its usually really dark.
We made jokes, laughed, ate goat stew, thats it.
The biggest problem might be,Oh man, its a horrible day.
It was a very simple life.
Youve readFire & Blood.
Why is he carrying it with him?
How does that affect him?
He has a more mature stance about it that a kid doesnt necessarily have.
Also, in the book, Addam is the older brother, not Alyn.
The fact that Im the older brother what does that do?
How does that make me see Corlys?
For Alyn as a boy, there was always that hope that Corlys would return.
He did, along comes Addam, and then Corlys fucks off again.
Its like, wow, this guy is really something!
What effect does witnessing that have?
It allowed me to conjure this character of my own.
Was Alyn tempted to give it a shot himself, or No.
Probably yes, but I dont think the Alyn of today was.
He wants nothing to do with the royals.
The idea of throwing himself at a dragon?
That ship has sailed.
His brother, Addam, is the dreamer hes the one who wishes for more.
These beasts are otherworldly; theyre more than just animals.
Thats what I feel George is trying to paint with them.
Dragons are nuclear missiles with an opinion.
At the risk of spoiling future events, the book version of you doesnt stay small for long.
He becomes a living legend nicknamed Alyn Oakenfist.
How do I make it feel like theyre seeing this anew?
Whether we see that inHouse of the Dragon,I dont know yet.
But youve got to plant these things, I think.
Going fromRaised by Wolvesto a juggernaut likeHouse of the Dragon was stepping into this production noticeably different?Yeah.
WhereasGame of Throneshad many years to establish the groundwork.
But there was a security in that, a safety in knowing the world Im dancing in.
That was the big thing for me.
It felt like,Oh, okay, I know whats happening here.
Im so sad it didnt come to fruition for the third season.
We had something really cool cooking, and it was just heartbreaking, man.
