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Spoilers for episode ten ofHouse of the Dragon, The Black Queen, below.
Much of the finales storytelling is conveyed through largely silent close-ups of peoples faces, particularly Rhaenyras.
Those moments are a testament to everyones work.
I call it the mud those complex, human, partner-on-partner scenes.
One of my favorite moments is when Rhaenyra comes in and shes just been crowned queen.
Think about your dad: What would he do?
Look at all those faces looking back at you.
Where do you start?
What are your first words as queen?
Just be there until the line wants to come out.
Matts performance has shame, embarrassment, pain … a lot to unpack.
This is a character who has darkness in him, and hes shown it impulsively.
You were also in charge of the seasons most spectacular sequence: Aemonds aerial pursuit of Lucerys on dragon-back.
That was the idea: Something horrible happening in the midst of somewhere beautiful.
I worked it a lot.
I had two dragon toys that I used to choreograph that sequence.
It was an homage to the Star Destroyer inStar Wars.
It didnt seem as if Aemond was trying to kill Luke during that sequence.
He didnt know Luke was going to come to Storms End.
In his zeal to seize this found opportunity, he went out and played a very dangerous game.
In terms of what hes feeling in those final moments, there could be a lot of interpretations.
Did he intend it?
But Otto Hightower says, We play an ugly game.
Theyre a power man never should have trifled with.
That was said to tie directly to this moment.
You see that Rhaenys is watching Rhaenyra and having these kind of reality checks with her.
She doesnt share whats going on until her partner comes back into the picture.
I love seeing that camaraderie earned.
Daemon has already claimed a dragon, so what is his agenda?
You have to imagine him thinking,Its just a flirt.
Hes already got a dragon, but hes like,Im going to check out this other dragon.
My first day of shooting was that scene through the tunnels.
The finale is a combination of green screen with a reactive firelight.
And I thought the work on Vermithor was incredible; that scene came out exactly as storyboarded.
So I completely fanboy-directed the Table.
I thought the performances were terrific, and I wouldve loved to have seen that scene in there.
Anything else that wasnt in didnt necessarily need to be there.
