A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms isn’t your granddaddy’s Sport of Thrones. It is a looser expertise… not completely not like Ser Duncan’s stool. Whereas George R.R. Martin’s “A Music of Ice and Hearth” fantasy books are definitely not missing in jokes, the HBO collection they impressed is usually remembered for its brutal twists, betrayals, and a veritable rainbow of lethal weddings. Equally violent prequel spinoff Home of the Dragon has executed little to melt the Seven Kingdoms’ gritty popularity. Now, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, primarily based on Martin’s three “Tales of Dunk and Egg” prequel novellas, is able to put the writer’s humor entrance and heart
“George’s writing is extremely witty and extremely humorous,” A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner Ira Parker tells Den of Geek. “Lots of people say [Tales of Dunk and Egg] is funnier than the opposite stuff and I truly don’t imagine that it’s funnier than the primary collection. It’s humorous another way. Lots of George’s underdog characters have a really sharp wit. Dunk doesn’t have that to fall again on.”
The lovably dumb Ser Duncan is certainly a robust instrument for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms to make use of find a softer aspect of Westeros. In a franchise identified for its ethical shades of grey, the lowly hedge knight from Flea Backside could be essentially the most purely “good” character we’ve met but. Or not less than that’s how his actor sees him.
“That good-hearted nature and ethical compass that he has makes it tough to navigate in a world like Westeros,” Claffey says. “He’s a protagonist who isn’t looking for to take a seat on the Iron Throne or to be a Lord Commander of something. He’s only a hedge knight who’s making an attempt to outlive and work by the values that had been bestowed upon him by Ser Arlan. I feel that’s a beautiful form of particular person to satisfy on this world that’s so ruthless.”
Sport of Thrones‘ historic roster of advanced characters has supplied many juicy alternatives for very gifted performers through the years. The easy goodness of Dunk, nevertheless, presents its personal form of performing problem. And based on Parker, Claffey’s standing as a former-rugby-player-turned-novice-thespian made him a uniquely good match.
“It is a enormous job to tackle for any actor of any degree and Peter has risen to that problem and extra. I’m simply so pleased with him,” Parker says. “He’s such a charismatic particular person however he’s additionally identical to Dunk. He’s obtained an internal anxiousness about him. When he got here into the primary assembly he was like ‘my palms are sweating’ and I’m identical to ‘that is good, that is what we wished.’”
