Ewan Mitchell says House Of The Dragon is not violent ‘for violence’s sake’
The show’s second series sees Westeros on the brink of a bloody civil war.
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House Of The Dragon star Ewan Mitchell has said the series is not violent “for violence’s sake” and suggested that feelings of discomfort are sometimes the intention.
The 27-year-old British actor plays Aemond Targaryen, the second son of King Viserys I Targaryen and Queen Alicent Hightower, who took vengeance on Lucerys Velaryon in season one, after Lucerys took his eye out as a child.
Speaking on the red carpet of the series two premiere, he told the PA news agency: “Aemond, he is a multitude of things…
“(In series one) I wanted to present a character who, at that point in his life and in those final three episodes, was just complete darkness.
