Since Game of Thrones ended and House of the Dragon began to be talked about (there was Bloodmoon along the way, but it was canceled), fans understood that they had the power to speak and that Max would be taking seriously what the public wants. From the moment the spin-off announced that it would focus on the Targaryens’ Civil War, the Dance of the Dragons, lovers were divided. One party wanted Matt Smith as Daemon Targaryen, and another rejected him. But at the end of the premiere, everyone agreed that Matt is flying in the most complex role in the Targaryen saga, there would be no better one.

Deciphering Daemon Targaryen yields many theses, but it is interesting to hear directly from his interpreter and the conversation he had with Variety is a rare opportunity to understand how House of the Dragon portrays the prince.

Matt played Daemon in a period of history that covered about 16 years, he starts as an assumed heir, breaks up and gets back together with his brother – Viserys I (Paddy Considine), murders his first wife, seduces his niece, Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock), marries Laena Velaryon (Nanna Blondell), has two daughters and becomes a widower, finally marrying Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), to help secure her claim to the Iron Throne. The two have two sons and she aborts her daughter when she receives the news of Viserys’ death and the coup by the Greens.

Daemon’s temperament has always been a source of conflict and he is aggressive towards his wife when he notices in her a hesitation to adopt violence and annihilate his enemies. To make matters worse, the two are mourning the loss of their daughter and in Daemon’s case, his stepson. He wants to settle scores with the Hightowers in equal violence. That means war.

Matt Smith does not miss the opportunity to provoke purists and those less convinced of his participation. After all, Daemon is not 100% aligned with the (still) cautious Rhaenyra and is the main black general. “You never really know what path he’s going to take,” he told Variety. “I always saw him as an agent of chaos.”

One of the cruelest passages of Daemon, who hates Otto Hightower (Rhys Iphans) so much that he doesn’t look at Alicent’s (Olivia Cooke) children as his nephews. He has already said the fearsome phrase “a son for a son” in the trailer and will clearly take the initiative without his wife’s agreement.

If we saw him before as “his queen’s assistant”, now he will raise suspicions about his true motivation. “We definitely find Daemon at a crisis point in this situation, and in many ways, it’s a different version of him,” says Smith. As a man of battle and rationality, he is irritated by Rhaenyra’s paralyzing grief.

“In his wicked — and deeply wicked — way, Daemon thinks he’s doing the right thing,” says Smith. “And sometimes he just does it because he likes the feeling of being the black sheep.”

What if fans don’t like what’s coming?

“You have to remember that we are not saving lives here,” he says. “It’s a creative endeavor that, if you’re lucky, is hard work, but it’s something exciting to do every day. And it’s vivid. God, what a wonderful thing for life to be at least vivid. Please, God, it’s vivid.

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