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‘Thrones’ creator brings Westeros back to Comic-Con
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The dragons are back: English actor Paddy Considine (second left), with the cast at the HBO House of the Dragon speaks at the panel during Comic-Con International on July 23 in San Diego, California, the United States. (AFP/Chris Delmas)
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hree years on from Game of Thrones, author George RR Martin and the cast of new prequel House of the Dragon discussed the daunting challenge of following up HBO's wildly popular series at Comic-Con on Saturday.
Martin's series of fantasy books spawned Thrones, as well as several upcoming spin-offs. The first -- out Aug. 21 -- will tell the history of the murderous reigning Targaryen family and their 17 dragons.
"It's pretty exciting. You're always nervous at the beginning, because these books, these characters are like my kids," said Martin.
"You wonder how they will be treated; will you recognize them when they come back to you?"
But he added: "I've been very, very fortunate here [...] I've seen nine of the 10 episodes, and it's pretty amazing."
Set hundreds of years earlier, House of the Dragon depicts the glory days of the ancestors of popular Thronescharacters, such as Daenerys Targaryen.
Paddy Considine plays the kindly King Viserys, while Matt Smith is cast as his ambitious brother Prince Daemon, and Emma D'Arcy his only child Princess Rhaenyra.
