It takes a sure inside fortitude to strategy a Targaryen princess with nothing however a helmet and a smile. However in Home of the Dragon‘s premiere, that’s exactly what a dashing, mysterious knight named Ser Criston Cole did.
So after we chatted with Fabien Frankel, who performs Ser Criston within the Recreation of Thrones prequel, we puzzled what was behind the character’s choice to ask Princess Rhaenyra for her favor through the event in Episode 1. (Learn a full recap right here.) And as soon as the Brit acquired previous his worry of claiming an excessive amount of (“I’m scared!” he admitted, to co-star Milly Alcock’s nice leisure), he mirrored on Criston’s outsider standing in King’s Touchdown.
“I feel he’s a fairly ballsy man,” Frankel advised TVLine’s Dave Nemetz, noting that Criston’s Dornish heritage — and the darkish hair that comes together with it — makes him a extremely seen “outsider, from the get-go,” notably when surrounded by platinum blonde Targaryens.
However that didn’t cease him from besting a cocky Daemon of their joust-turned-fistfight, did it? “There’s positively a sense of isolation, and that comes with a boldness,” Frankel explains.
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