SPOILER ALERT! This story accommodates particulars from Sunday’s episode of Home of the Dragon titled “The Crimson Sowing.”
Rhaenyra has lastly discovered somebody to occupy the prickly again of Vermithor.
In Sunday’s episode of the HBO drama, the queen (Emma D’Arcy) has a casting name, of types, for native dragonseeds who may grasp a hearth breather for struggle. Many individuals perished in the course of the lethal audition — apart from a courageous bloke named Hugh Hammer.
Does that imply Hugh has some form of Targaryen blood pulsing by means of his bastard veins? Possibly, perhaps not. One factor’s for positive, although: Vermithor is all his to trip.
Right here, the U.Okay. actor who performs Hugh talks about capturing the pivotal scene and whether or not he’ll stick round Westeros for an excellent very long time.
DEADLINE Isn’t that cool? You’ll be able to say you may have a dragon now. That’s your identification.
KIERAN BEW Yeah. I fairly like the best way that Rhaenyra says Vermithor. I actually love that.
DEADLINE Are you able to speak about your audition? Have been you informed upfront that you’d be taming a dragon?
BEW I used to be not informed that, however after all the supply supplies are on the market and everytime you get an audition for something, you attempt to scour for info and clues to load your audition so that you do the absolute best job. After I acquired the audition, it wasn’t Hugh Hammer, it was simply HH as a result of every little thing’s tremendous prime secret today. You usually should signal NDAs to get sides, and there have been positively identify adjustments throughout the textual content that I had, however they have been extraordinarily thrilling scenes. And sure, I knew that he was ultimately going to say a dragon. It felt just like the stakes have been actually, actually excessive as a result of I desperately needed a dragon. I imply, who wouldn’t need one?
DEADLINE How way back did you shoot Sunday’s scene?
BEW August of final yr. We filmed it primarily by means of August and it was completely one of the vital enjoyable issues I’d ever needed to do in my life.
DEADLINE So I would like you to interrupt it down. Did it begin with a number of operating with extras?
BEW For the journey to the Dragon Mount, we filmed a few of that in Wales. That’s the journey out of Kings Touchdown to Dragon Stone within the secret of the night time. We have been form of an extended line of extras for some time. We shot within the sewers that they used for the blood and cheese sequence that they constructed … these phenomenal units at our studios. The journey form of trudged by means of there, after which ultimately we acquired to Dragon Mount itself and we come out onto a plinth. We spent fairly a couple of days capturing on the set the place that plinth is fairly raised off the bottom. We had crash mats on both facet, however you’re speaking a couple of 30-foot drop, 20-foot drop off both facet. So that you’ve acquired to be tremendous cautious. And you then’re speaking like 3-meter lengthy flame throwers and other people getting set on hearth and hearth gel and other people operating by means of it. I believe my wig value about 20,000 kilos. So whenever you’re operating by means of all of this hearth, there’s all types of issues that undergo your thoughts in regards to the completely different risks. Don’t fall off the facet, don’t get set on hearth. Don’t overlook your cues. Don’t overlook, there’s an enormous dragon behind you. And that was simply on the highest of the plinth. After which there was days and days spent on the underside of the dragon pit operating by means of the slate and throwing myself on the bottom.
DEADLINE I like that you simply have been involved about your wig. So that you have been actually round hearth. That wasn’t CG magic?
BEW There was only a phenomenal quantity of fireside. The top of our stunt division has acquired to be among the finest within the enterprise and positively among the finest I’ve ever labored with. The quantity of firework he’s executed is sort of legendary. So yeah, he is aware of once we’re secure and what number of ft we could be away from anyone, however there have been a number of folks on hearth at a number of completely different areas whereas we’re operating by means of. And naturally they’re filming. We’re continually trying on the security facets. It’s a harmful enterprise and it’s a must to watch out. However it’s a lot enjoyable. One of many nights we shot out within the open air as a result of they burned so many individuals directly. I believe it was the largest burn they’ve ever executed on Recreation of Thrones and we needed to be exterior. It was about 40 or one thing. Being round that itself is extremely particular to be a part of. After which be the one who will not be alleged to get set on hearth can also be numerous strain.
DEADLINE So let’s recap your parentage. So we all know you have been conceived in a brothel, appropriate?
BEW Effectively, sure, doubtlessly a brothel. I don’t suppose Hugh essentially is aware of precisely the place he was conceived, however he is aware of what his mother had been as much as.
DEADLINE Have you learnt who your dad is? Have you learnt your final identify?
BEW I do know precisely who I’m. I don’t know who my dad is, however I do know precisely who my mother is. My mother is a really particular individual within the guide and he or she comes with an unbelievable historical past of behaviors and defiance. And as I say within the present, he actually struggled with that. He’s by no means spoken about his actual heritage to his spouse. He’s by no means informed his spouse who his mother is as a result of he’s ashamed. And there’s an entire historical past that he’s tried to form of ignore to attempt to dwell a special life, being an illegitimate a part of this huge household. He’s been dwelling in a selected manner, attempting to be an honorable, an honest dad and a member of society. And he’s been doing an honest sufficient job, however issues are about to alter.
DEADLINE Do you suppose we’ll ever discover out who Hugh’s dad is?
BEW I’m undecided. Possibly someday. I believe that the numerous half is that my mother is a selected one that exists within the books and who’s the operative individual.
DEADLINE Will we see you using the dragon within the finale?
BEW Oh, you’ll should see. I couldn’t probably say.
DEADLINE And can you say should you’re coming again subsequent season?
BEW I’m most positively coming again.
DEADLINE The place do followers know you probably the most from?
BEW I made a present referred to as Warrior for Cinemax, which ended up on HBO. It was a HBO Cinemax manufacturing, and I filmed extra episodes of that with Loni Peristere, who directed episode seven of Home of the Dragon, than another director. I’ve by no means made extra TV with a special director. So Loni is an extremely good pal and I couldn’t consider anyone I’d need to work with on this episode extra. For Warrior, I performed a northern Irish cop referred to as Huge Invoice. It was a TV present that’s set in San Francisco in 1878 and it’s in regards to the Chinese language diaspora, the Chinese language Tong struggle gangs. And I play Huge Invoice O’Hara, who’s a northern Irish playing cop with a giant household who’s most likely…up till now … my favourite character I’ve ever performed. I did three seasons of that, so folks know me as Invoice.
DEADLINE So I think about you needed to preserve this a secret from all of the family and friends?
BEW Sure, I did, though I do have a 3-year-old boy who has grown up understanding that I started working and hug a dragon on daily basis and he desperately needs to be a dragon rider when he grows up. And he got here to work with me someday and was very fortunate. He acquired take a look on the armory and shoot a crossbow throughout the room. So he’s been spoiled rotten. And he did know that I had a dragon within the present. So I’ve been attempting to maintain him quiet for all these months. So he doesn’t inform everyone that daddy’s acquired a giant dragon referred to as Vermithor.
