Ewan Mitchell pulls out his sword within the newest episode of Home of the Dragon. (HBO)
HBO’s Home of the Dragon might have simply pulled off its greatest sword scene to-date, as The Greens’ Kinslayer Aemond Targaryen has gone full-frontal in season two’s most up-to-date episode.
Episode three of the fantasy drama sequence noticed Aemond Targaryen, performed by Saltburn’s Ewan Mitchell, cosying as much as a intercourse employee in certainly one of King’s Touchdown’s brothels following an evening out in town.
But, after being interrupted and ridiculed by his older brother and now King, Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney), Aemond is confronted with two selections: take the insults mendacity down, or show that, after years of being put down by his sibling, he can not be harmed by it.
He opted for the latter: after standing up, he turns away from his madam, stands absolutely bare in entrance of Aegon, and walks out.
Not solely does he show that he’s obtained balls of metal, he additionally makes it clear that having Westeros’ greatest dragon isn’t the one factor his enemies must be jealous of.
Talking concerning the “stunning” scene – which has already left numerous followers slack-jawed – Mitchell defined that he noticed an excellent alternative to point out Aemond’s vulnerability by going nude.
“Aegon catches Aemond in a weak spot. Selecting up the script for the primary time and seeing these brothel scenes in episode two and three, I noticed an excellent alternative to supply a uncommon glimpse of his vulnerability,” the actor instructed Vulture.
He described Aemond as now being in a spot that “stops him from being harm like he was as a child”, when he was the one baby left with out a dragon egg.
“That’s why he’s capable of stroll out on the madam in that scene. He’s humiliated by his brother and all his crew, and it’s like this swap flips. The madam is not any extra. All of those individuals in entrance of him? They imply nothing,” Mitchell defined.
“He stands up, he owns it. ‘Yeah, I’m bulletproof. Something you say, it is not going to work.’”
Whereas the actor stated that going nude wasn’t a “alternative made flippantly”, director Geeta Patel instructed Selection that she and Mitchell knew it was “essential” for the character’s growth.
“Ewan is such an excellent actor. He understands what he must do in an effort to painting Aemond. After I spoke with him initially concerning the nudity, I stated to him, ‘Let’s simply undergo the story. If you happen to don’t really feel snug being nude, then you definitely’re not going to be nude.’ We have been each on the identical web page in that means,” she shared.
Patel added that, whereas Aemond has constructed up persona of “somebody who doesn’t give a f**ok”, he’s caught in weak second, and the nude scene was about him placing on his metaphorical armour.
“Slowly he begins placing on his armour and when he stands up, the truth that he doesn’t care that you simply see his penis is such a robust visceral shift,” she stated.
“And so, in fact, Ewan was like, ‘I need to be absolutely nude in that second. It’s essential to me as a result of that’s who my character is. That’s what he would do.’ And that’s what we did.”
Whereas Home of the Dragon isn’t precisely recognized for its pleasing queer intercourse scenes – contemplating probably the most well-known ones have featured incest, or been left on the reducing room flooring – homosexual followers have been left deeply glad by Aemond’s appendage.
“I hope that tonight everybody can admire this statuesque man, I’ve by no means seen something extra stunning,” wrote one fan, with a second writing: “Males shouldn’t be this stunning, it feels incorrect.”
Home of the Dragon continues on HBO on Sundays within the US and on Sky Atlantic and Now TV on Mondays within the UK.