Paddy Considine, who plays King Viserys, has discussed the most shocking moment in the season premiere.
Spoilers for House of the Dragon follows below.
This will be the heir to the throne.
Viserys believes in his heart it will be the boy he so desperately wants.
When the time comes, and labor begins, Aemma has trouble birthing the child.
A maester suggests a new method involving cutting into the stomach to remove the baby.
He chose to save the child.
After losing so much blood, Aemma dies.
Viserys has a son, but the boy dies not long after he is born.
Viserys ultimately decides to make Rhaenyra queen instead of trying again for another boy.
“There were a lot of technical things we were dealing with, with pipes pumping blood.
you might’t just do a half-performance, when doing that kind of thing.
As it happens, Considine and Brooke apparently only met soon before filming such a challenging and intimate scene.
“We had this fast track into the relationship.
It was massive.”
It’s as dangerous as it gets.
You have a 50/50 chance of making it.
Many women didn’t,” he said.
It was an extremely violent part of life."
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