House of the Dragon Producer is 'Baffled' by Daemon Targaryen's 'Internet Boyfriend' Status - PRIMETIMER

Matt Smith successful House of the Dragon. (Photo: HBO)

Not everyone is connected committee with Daemon Targaryen's presumption arsenic an Internet Boyfriend.

In an interrogation with The Hollywood Reporter, House of the Dragon producer Sara Hess and manager Clare Kilner expressed their disorder regarding viewers' affection for Matt Smith's silver-haired prince. 

"He's go Internet Boyfriend successful a mode that baffles me," said Hess. "Not that Matt isn’t incredibly charismatic and wonderful, and he’s unthinkable successful the role. But Daemon himself is... I don’t privation him to beryllium my boyfriend! I’m a small baffled however they’re all, 'Oh, daddy!' And I’m conscionable like: 'Really?' How — successful what mode — was helium a bully partner, begetter oregon member – to anybody? You got me. He ain’t Paul Rudd." 

Kilner seemed to recognize the instrumentality absorption a small spot more, though agreed that Daemon isn't a peculiarly large guy. "I conscionable emotion the information radical are truthful progressive with these characters, and I deliberation that’s portion of the amusive of it," said Kilner. 

"One infinitesimal you similar someone, and the adjacent infinitesimal you similar idiosyncratic else. But I’m not surprised. Matt is specified a risk-taker successful his performances and he’s got that small grin and, you know... you can’t assistance it! He is charismatic," she continued. "People emotion a baddie. But I don’t deliberation he’s peculiarly a bully begetter oregon a bully brother."

Hess besides promised viewers would "see a antithetic broadside of him" successful the upcoming Season 1 finale and Season 2, which is owed retired sometime successful 2024. 

House of the Dragon airs Sundays astatine 9:00 PM ET connected HBO and HBO Max.

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Jade Budowski is simply a freelance writer with a knack for ruining punchlines and harboring dad-aged personage crushes. She was antecedently a reporter/producer astatine Decider and is a subordinate of the Television Critics Association. Follow her connected Twitter: @jadebudowski.