House Of the Dragon director Geeta Patel says King Viserys Targaryen’s death marks first important character’s exit

House of the Dragon director Geeta Patel confirms the final scenes of King Viserys Targaryen.

House of Dragon recently had its game-changing hour of the series so far in its eighth episode with the death of one of its main characters, King Viserys. Now, the series’ director has confirmed the King’s final breath in the Game of Thrones spin-off show.

House Of the Dragon director Geeta Patel says King Viserys Targaryen’s death marks first important character’s exit

According To Entertainment Weekly, Geeta Patel, who directed episode 8, confirmed that the reign of the King Viserys Targaryen has come to an end, kicking off Game of Thrones for the show. "I think the last scene of this episode was always a litmus test. Every time we'd watch or think it through, when we got to that last scene, did we feel what we wanted to feel there?" Patel said in the interview.

"Did we feel the loss? Did we feel that Viserys has told his story? Did we feel that he loved his wife who passed away? Did he love Alicent? Did he love Rhaenyra? Did he regret anything? All the complicated layers of Viserys, did we feel it for better or worse? So, for me, that was always a moment that I would check myself on and then I'd go back to the drawing board and talk to Miguel and Ryan and be like, "I think we're not there there, we're they're here."”

“Even the actors just trying constantly to check that that moment at the end worked. I mean, I hope it works, but that was the goal, for sure,” she added.

As per the report, the end of Viserys is a major moment in the Dance of the Dragons, the civil war that's about to tear apart House Targaryen. The last referee — perhaps the only referee — keeping the peace between the Blacks (Team Rhaenyra) and the Greens (Team Alicent) from destroying each other is now off the chess board. The real battle to put either Rhaenyra or Aegon on the Iron Throne is about to kick into high gear.

House Of The Dragon currently airs every Monday on Disney+ Hotstar.

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