‘House of the Dragon’: Matt Smith Says Daemon Targaryen Would Have Backed Daenerys as the Mad Queen
House of the Dragon has now premiered on HBO and HBO Max, giving audiences around the world our first taste of what Matt Smith is capable of as Daemon Targaryen.
Warning: This post contains spoilers for the series finale of Game of Thrones, but no spoilers for House of the Dragon.
In a new interview with ComicBook.com, the actor went even beyond what is portrayed in the first episode, titled The Heirs of the Dragon, saying that Daemon would be the first to agree with Daenerys Targaryen when she decided to burn down King’s Landing. When asked about the moment when she became the Mad Queen, Smith said:
“I backed her. I backed her all the way.”
Paddy Considine, who plays King Viserys Targaryen (and Daemon’s brother) in House of the Dragon, was sitting beside him, and added:
“I’d be ashamed, but it played its part in the prophecy, didn’t it, really?”
Smith disagreed with the first part:
“I wouldn’t, I’d have backed her all the way. I think he’d have been on the dragon with her, to be honest with you. Let’s have it, this is ours. Get out the way.”
It is said that every time a new Targaryen is born, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land. According to Smith, Daemon’s fate is still undecided:
“My coin’s still spinning. Daemon is utterly self-destructive.”
Considine said the following about Viserys’ coin:
“I don’t know if he’s a great, if it’s greatness. I think there’s a bit of both in him, really, but he’s certainly not a destructive king, that’s for sure. He’s a compassionate king and that’s rare for this kingdom that we’re familiar with.”
New episodes of House of the Dragon will air Sundays at 9pm ET. You can check out our non-spoiler review of the first six here.
Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as authors like Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.
