ewan mitchell on avoiding matt smith during house of the dragon shootings
“i've got this idea of avoiding matt smith and [even] avoiding eye contact (...) aemond idolises daemon, and this is the first time that he makes any sort of contact with him."
"Even at that early stage, the showrunners already had one name in mind for the series' most enigmatic and mercurial character: They wanted Matt Smith to play profligate Prince Daemon Targaryen"
- House of the Dragon, inside the creation of a Targaryen Dynasty by Gina McIntyre
"i have to say, just because I just think it’s [a mark] of genius: it was matt smith who suggested that rhaenyra received the news on the walk away from camera.
as soon as he said that when we were doing an onset rehearsal, i suddenly could see it."
- emma d'arcy
matt smith about house of the dragon season 2
"i'm excited to see my friends again, who i work with, and, you know, to get back on the dragon, put the wig on and put the armor on..."