Episode 4 of Season 2 House of the Dragon It was one of the most applauded in the entire series. Finally, the chapter offers a brutal battle between the giant dragons that inhabit Westeros. Something that fans have been demanding since the first season and now seems to be increasingly common in the following parts. And the war has definitely begun and there is no turning back.
Epic Dragon Fighting Stars Rhaenys Targaryenloyal Rainieraand brothers Aegon And Aemond Targaryenthe leaders of the opposing side. The civil war within the family reached a new peak with this bloody confrontation with fatal consequences. And it was the actress Reinistranslator Eva Bestexplained what it was like to film the entire scene House of the Dragon. Something as cumbersome as it sounds and, of course, very labor-intensive.
“What you see, taken together, is obviously the complete opposite of what actually happens. First of all, we were alone. We were all doing it individually. In this particular sequence, because it was so long, each of you guys, I had about a week to film your part, because I had two weeks. Reinis throughout the fight,” he begins in an interview with the publication Diversity“There were two weeks where I was alone in this thing, the size of a small house. This big, electronic, moving thing,” she adds.
“I was told it was kind of like a rodeo horse. I’ve never been on one, but I was told it was similar. It has a saddle on top, and to get to it you have to climb up a ladder. They strap you into a chair, and it starts moving. When we did it in season one, it moved a little bit, although it was never really jerky. But this time, there were some complicated moves to figure out: all those, spinning, and she’s upside down. You’re moving, your legs are tucked underneath me, and she’s spinning around and around. It was a really good workout for my hips and my cardio, suck it!” the actress jokes. House of the Dragon.
Complex shooting
Thanks to all the equipment, Best admits that she was not very comfortable during the filming of this part House of the Dragon“I felt out of my comfort zone. I was constantly asking for pillows, I needed more padding on my knees, and I felt very ill-equipped to handle all of it. At the same time, when it’s moving, there are four guys with big leaves blowing the wind in your face, you can barely hear anything because all you can hear is the sound of the wind,” the actress recalls.
“And then, somewhere in the distance, the director shouts into the microphone. ‘Look! There it is.’ Vhagar! ¡Aymond It’s coming!’ You can barely think straight. You think, ‘I really want to go now. Reinis and I have to concentrate, but sometimes you just hold on for dear life,” he admits. And to make the scene realistic, House of the Dragon It’s not just good special effects that are needed.
“There was one moment that was particularly challenging. It was when the dragons were spiraling. It had to look like he was doing a 360 degree turn with Vhagar and I was hanging upside down for a long time. I think in screen time it’s a tiny moment, but in practice it took a whole day for this car to turn 180 degrees,” he gives examples. BestThat day was especially difficult for her, as she even got stuck between the mechanisms.
“I started it and it was vertical to the ground, and then they turned it 180 degrees the other way. My God, my hips and my heart were working like crazy. Then it stopped and they said ‘cut’ and the machine was supposed to start right away. But there was a delay, so I was hanging on to the seat! Everyone got up to get coffee while I was hanging on to that thing for dear life. Someone put me down! Don’t forget me! The delay was only a few seconds, but it felt like a year. ‘My abdominal muscles were extremely proud of themselves that day,’ the anecdote concludes.
Samurai in House of the Dragon
At the end of the fight House of the Dragon, Reinis and his dragon Meleis die in the jaws Vhagar. A very shocking moment that the character seemed to be prepared for. At least that’s how it worked. Best“I felt very strongly that there were really important points that we needed to make. In particular, the realization that it was very likely that this was a kamikaze mission,” the actress reflects. “When that was suggested, I knew that I had to take on that responsibility if anyone was going to have to take on that burden. Rainiera. I had to do it. “I think he knows he has to sacrifice himself for the team,” he insists.
“At the end of season one, she makes a conscious decision not to start a war, not to bomb everyone. From then on, everyone’s like, ‘Why didn’t you do that?’ “Everyone takes it personally, and she always looks at the big picture, she always gets up, puts the personal aside and rises above,” he says. Best. This is precisely the contrast with the scene from the first part. House of the Dragon which adds the perfect emotional charge to his victim.
“The thing is, ultimately, no matter how we feel, no matter how attached or devastated we are, the underlying message is that we shouldn’t send dragons to war,” he says, equating the show’s creatures to nuclear weapons in the real world. “When she says, ‘I’m going to be the one to do it,’ she knows there’s no life after that. The decision to leave is a second comeback. Vhagar“It’s absolutely a kamikaze mission. For me, that’s when she felt like a samurai. It was the last stand of a noble warrior. He could have run away and maybe let the others deal with it. But he turns around because he knows that’s what he has to do, morally and spiritually,” he concludes his explanation.
Episode 5 of Season 2 House of the Dragon The premiere at Max will take place on Monday, July 15 in Spain, and on the night of Sunday, July 14, in Latin America.
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