Whereas it’s at all times been clear that Home of the Dragon‘s noble homes would anchor the season-two drama, it additionally turned obvious early on that the smallfolk—typically missed, routinely oppressed—were going to have new prominence in Westeros’ newest energy wrestle. Final evening, “The Red Sowing” confirmed us simply how essential sure “lowborn” characters had been actually going to be.
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In episode seven, Rhaenyra’s more and more frantic scheme to search out two riders for Crew Black’s pair of riderless dragons truly paid off: Hugh the Hammer acquired the snort of approval from Vermithor, and Ulf the White discovered a brand new buddy in Silverwing.
Ulf popped up in an earlier episode bragging about his Targaryen heritage, although he hesitated when he heard Rhaenyra was searching for bastards who would possibly develop into dragonriders. He has this nagging leg harm, you see… and he’s additionally unsure he actually has Targaryen blood—a critical consideration, as a result of a dragon will know who’s worthy, and can incinerate anybody who isn’t.
However—after some good-natured shaming from his consuming buddies—he decides to attempt his luck. And fortunately for Ulf, all of it works out; as we see within the episode’s ultimate moments, he’s having an absolute blast using Silverwing over his outdated stomping grounds of King’s Touchdown (infuriating Aemond, the Prince Regent, within the course of). Talking to the Hollywood Reporter, actor Tom Bennett mirrored on his character’s sudden life improve.
“It’s large. Ulf is the underside of the barrel; he’s Flea Backside by means of and thru,” Bennett mentioned. “He’s poor folks and the oppressed. He’s the working class man underneath the thumb of the ruling lessons and lived with that his whole life. Immediately, he’s sitting on a nuclear warhead. The ability shift is big. Let’s see what he does with that.”
Bennett additionally shared some insights into what led Ulf to that second—in addition to explaining what’s going by means of the character’s head when he realizes Silverwing isn’t going to roast him. To place it one other means: why did he chuckle in that second? “You assume you’re going to die and there’s only a huge launch of reduction, and that I made a decision and [episode director] Loni [Peristere] favored it. As a result of, let’s be sincere, he’s one of many solely characters within the present who ever smiles, not to mention laughs. Each time I’m on set, I attempted to make use of that. Ulf stands out like a sore thumb for a lot of causes. One among which is I’m one of many solely characters that’s simply having enjoyable.”
Home of the Dragon‘s eighth episode, the season two finale, arrives Sunday evening on HBO and Max.
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