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Its important for Tom Glynn-Carney as an actor to know what Sunfyre looks like.
It got some of them really hyped for the carnage to come.
I had no chill, says Baela Targaryen actor Bethany Anthonia.
Fire and blood are in the air inHouse of the Dragonseason 2.
Based on writer George R.R.
The Seven Kingdoms were, at the time, enjoying peace under the century-old Targaryen dynasty.
but rather, Will there even be anyone left to sit on that Iron Chair after all of this?
We can fit two Avengers films inside of our shoot schedule, Condal says.
The battles are episodes unto themselves, Condal says.
We have two of the largest sequences that weve ever filmed onHouse of the Dragon.
Both of them outstrip anything that we did in season one.
They are episodes within episodes.
That potential for aerial action opens up the scope forHouse of the Dragons combat immensely.
The kids, as I sayAlicent and Rhaenyras childrentake center stage in this conflict.
Children are often doomed to fight their parents wars.
As you go on through the generations, it just gets worse and more entrenched.
Because you dont break bread with them.
You dont have a community with them.
You dont run into each other at the hardware store.
Or at least thats how the younger generation feels about it.
From Jaces point of view, its Jaces war now, actor Collett says.
Because hes lost his little brother over it.
He is one of the characters that actually wants to be in the war.
As such, the Strong heir is eager to prove himself as a real-deal Targaryen.
And what better place to do that than in a legendaryGame of Throneslocation: the North.
In season 2, the family has already been divided and scattered to the winds, Condal says.
People have to curry favor with the other lords and figure out whos on what team.
We filmed it on the backlot, so it wasnt actually cold.
There was lots of fake snow, though, Collett says of Jaces journey north.
Seeing The Wall in person was quite surreal, Collett says.
I think the fans are going to absolutely love seeing Jace in Winterfell with Cregan.
Theres a little bit of tension because of their separate upbringings, Campbell says.
Baela was raised with grandma and grandpa, and I was raised with stepmom and my half siblings.
Rhaena feels quite a lot of resentment there.
Adds Antonia, For Baela, this war has created such a frantic sense of urgency and family loyalty.
Shes had to grow up a lot quicker than anticipated.
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There is no right side in the Dance of the Dragons.
All these people choosing Team Black are driving me insane, Aegon actor Glynn-Carney says.
Just stop being so boring!
You need a bit of spice in your life.
You need some danger.
You need some betrayal.
You need some vileness.
Despite being named after the conqueror himself, Alicent and Viserys Aegon had no real designs on power.
He takes pride in the fact that hes upset the applecart, Glynn-Carney says.
But hes also at a point now where he really believes he should be king.
Dad was just having a senile moment when he said Rhaenyra should be his heir.
I think he fully believes that.
But as is often the case in Westeros, dragons are the great equalizer.
Like his hero-turned-rival, Prince Daemon, Aemond Targaryen is the consummate second son.
How he traded one of his eyes to Hades so that see the day he would die.
What would that do to a person to possess that extreme degree of self-certainty and belief?
Its scary, you know.
Greek mythology is a strong influence onHouse of the Dragon.
The third Targaryen sibling on Team Green also finds Greek myth helpful.
Its complicated for Helaena because shes got this kind of Cassandra-like aspect to her.
The curse is that no one will ever believe her, Saban says.
Unfortunately for Helaena, theres one event coming in season 2 that even she hasnt seen coming.
It is not a feel-good story, he adds.
But its almost the bleakness that makes those things at work worthwhile.
We might as well have been shooting two separate shows, Glynn-Carney says.
In that, theyve already learned an important lesson from the text.
In the end, there is no Team Green or Team Black in theGame of Thronesuniverse.
There is only Team Survival.
We know the big set pieces that we have to pull off to get there.
We know the remaining new characters that we need to cast.
I read it as a cautionary tale, Condal says.
Look what this great dynasty that should have ruled for thousands of years did to themselves.
House of the Dragon season 2 premieres Sunday, June 16 at 9 p.m. ETonHBO.
