There are practical reasons for that wait.
(Yes, we’re includingDaemon’s haunted glamping trip to Harrenhal.)
Another part of it is budgets.
Emma D’Arcy’s Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen on ‘House of the Dragon’ season 2.Credit:Theo Whiteman/HBO
But I appreciate everybody’s patience."
“It was disappointing,” he admits.
“I will simply say, I made every effort to include George in the adaptation process.
Ryan Condal.Ollie Upton/HBO
Over years and years.
And we really enjoyed a mutually fruitful, I thought, really strong collaboration for a long time.
So I can only hope that George and I can rediscover that harmony someday.
George R. R. Martin.Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
But that’s what I have to say about it.”
Condal promises he has a plan in place.
And people will die.
Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, a.k.a. the Sea Snake, in ‘House of the Dragon’ season 2.Ollie Upton/HBO
But, yeah, it’s a stunning thing.
He will leave fans to debate what the rest are exactly for the next year or so.
One of them, EW can exclusively reveal, is Tommy Flanagan.
Tommy Flanagan; Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen; Dan Fogler.Courtesy of Simon Murphy; HBO; Courtesy HBO
(More on his casting here.)
He’s described inFire & Bloodas clever, well-spoken, and corpulent.
“Hobert has since passed away, and Ormund has inherited the High Tower.
James Norton.Karwai Tang/WireImage
So Ormund is the voice of the south.”
Condal says he can’t announce that casting just yet but reiterates, “Daeron’s in the story.
Aegon, too, is a character who disappears from the narrative inFire & Blood.
The dragon Caraxes of ‘House of the Dragon’.Courtesy of HBO
“We took that, as the writers, as a great opportunity to figure out.
Honestly, I think it’s one of the best stories that we cracked this year.”
Like the fandom that follows him, Condal, too, is ready to see it all happen.
