House Of The Dragon Star Reveals His Favorite Game Of Thrones Battle
How House of the Dragon compares to Game of Thrones so far is not a question that is easy to answer.
Certainly, in some aspects it has a stronger start – Game of Thrones had to work on a shoestring budget at first, while House of the Dragon was lavishly financed from the beginning.
Still, eventually Game of Thrones managed to create quite impressive on-screen spectacle, practically unprecedented for a TV series. The greatest expression of that were, perhaps, grand-scale battles, featured in its second half.
House of the Dragon already had one major clash of armed forces on screen, but the final battle against the Crabfeeder's forces just does not compare with the highest points of its predecessor. However what battle in Game of Thrones was the best?
Let's see what Steve Toussaint, who plays Lord Corlys Velaryon, the head of House Velaryon on House of the Dragon has to say about it. Like a number of actors on House of the Dragon, Steve is fan of Game of Thrones.
In a video for HBO Max , he was asked what his favorite moment or battle in Game of Thrones was. And he answered right away "Oh, easy. Battle of the Bastards."
In case you don't remember, he refers to Season 6 Episode 9, which is actually named "Battle of the Bastards," and features the decisive clash between Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and vile Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon) for the dominion over Winterfell and the North.
Toussaint went on to explain why that moment was his favorite:
"And not just because ['House of the Dragon' showrunner] Miguel [Sapochnik] directed it, but I watched it, and I was like, 'Oh my god, that is awesome, it's actually like being in a battle except I'd never been in a battle so I wouldn't have the faintest idea.'"
Well, neither was Sapochnik, and "tactics" (speaking very loosely) depicted in that battle scene are routinely mocked even by the fans of Game of Thrones, but one has to agree, that it was impressively dramatic – as long as you could cope with the fact that it sacrificed too much common sense for the sake of drama – and well-filmed.