House of the Dragon's Most Enviable Couple on What Makes Their Relationship Work

They don’t ever agree, and they’ve endured tragedies that would beryllium capable to fracture immoderate marriage, overmuch little 1 betwixt two of Westeros’ astir almighty families. But Lord Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint) and Princess Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best) inactive someway person the astir enviable narration connected House of the Dragon. On a amusement featuring mostly couples with operatic problems, Corlys and Rhaenys bask a communal respect and affection that feels each excessively rare.

Speaking to a radical of journalists, including io9, up of House of the Dragon’s play 2 premiere, Toussaint and Best were asked for their champion narration advice, successful the discourse of their characters connected the Game of Thrones prequel.

“Talk to each other,” Best said. “[Rhaenys] has been benignant of transverse with [Corlys] due to the fact that things travel up successful play 2 that really aren’t war-related, but that severely trial this bond. Rhaenys has been irritated with Corlys, due to the fact that [there’s] idiosyncratic who wants to speech and woody with the elephant successful the country and idiosyncratic who doesn’t privation to speech and wants to conscionable unopen everything nether the carpet, and it’s intensely annoying,” she said, understandably not wanting to springiness distant immoderate crippled spoilers.

“But I besides consciousness that what I privation to accidental to her is: you have to amusement your vulnerability due to the fact that she’s truthful indomitable, she’s truthful strong, and she’s truthful bully astatine keeping her cool,” Best continued. “She ne'er lets him know, really, to what grade she’s hurting due to the fact that I deliberation her bosom is broken. That was so, truthful hard to clasp that. I wanted to accidental to her, ‘Let him spot however overmuch symptom you’re in! You don’t person to clasp everything together. You don’t person to bash each the work.’ This is simply a two-way thing. So I would accidental connection is cardinal and allowing yourself to beryllium susceptible [are] my 2 pieces of advice.”

Toussaint agreed. “I deliberation that for Corlys it’s the same. But my happening would be: wage attraction to your woman due to the fact that sometimes, your spouse whitethorn not accidental thing overtly, but you tin archer by the mode that they behave. But helium doesn’t, successful the consciousness of ‘if you don’t accidental [something astir it], it’s fine.’ I person learned implicit the years to wage attraction to behaviour conscionable arsenic overmuch arsenic the spoken word, and besides how thing is said, is conscionable arsenic overmuch arsenic important arsenic what is said.”

io9 besides got a accidental to inquire Toussaint astir 2 mysterious caller characters the Sea Snake volition interact with successful play two: Alyn of Hull, played by Abubakar Salim, who was successful the play premiere—and Alyn’s brother, Addam, who’s played by Clinton Liberty and volition debut successful occurrence two.

“What tin I archer you without them dragging maine distant and beating maine up successful a tiny room?,” a spoiler-aware Toussaint joked. “I deliberation I tin archer you that Alyn is precise overmuch his ain man. He’s a self-made man. He doesn’t request assistance from anybody. I deliberation that’s precise overmuch what Corlys was similar erstwhile helium was younger, and helium recognizes that tone successful him. He admires that independency of spirit, and—here’s a operation I don’t usage precise often—his derring-do. He admires that astir him, and that volition play a relation successful their interactions arsenic we spell along. Corlys has little to bash with Addam until, I think, overmuch aboriginal successful the season. But again, Addam—much similar Clinton, who plays him—is a precise saccharine and guiltless soul. And I deliberation those who travel into interaction with him can’t assistance but beryllium enamored of him. That is arsenic overmuch arsenic I tin archer you, I’m afraid.”

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