House of the Dragon Star Jokes She'll Be Murdered If She Talks About Show
House of the Dragon’s Olivia Cooke jokes she’ll be «murdered» if she says too much about the upcoming Game of Thrones spinoff. Showrunner Ryan Condal and co-showrunner Miguel Sapcochnik’s House of the Dragon is set to debut later this year and serve as a prequel to HBO’s iconic fantasy series. While Game of Thrones was based on George R.R. Martin’s series of unfinished novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, House of the Dragon takes its cue from Martin’s Fire & Blood and novellas like The Princess and the Queen, which detail the history of the Targaryen dynasty. In addition to Cooke, House of the Dragon stars Matt Smith, Paddy Considine, Emma D'Arcy, Rhys Ifans, Graham McTavish, Steve Toussaint, Sonoya Mizuno, Ryan Corr, Jefferson Hall, Bill Paterson, and Eve Best.
The series is set in Westeros nearly 200 years before Daenerys laid siege to King’s Landing, following House Targaryen at the apex of its power and equipped with over a dozen dragons. Its plot will focus on a civil war known as the Dance of Dragons, sparked by King Viserys Targaryen (Considine) breaking from tradition and naming his daughter heir to the Iron Throne. Despite its source material being complete, House of the Dragon will be an extrapolation of the known history and, therefore, carry the same propensity for secrecy as the flagship series.
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In a recent interview with ComicBook.com, Cooke alluded to House of the Dragon’s intense level of secrecy. Similar to Marvel Studio's much hyped, yet entirely fictional «snipers,» it would appear HBO doesn’t mess around when it comes to beloved IP. When asked if she could tease what to expect from the series, Cooke joked: “I can’t say anything. I
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