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EW's West of Westeros

Milly Alcock joins us to talk about House of the Dragon and we break down the series premiere!

EW's West of Westeros

Entertainment Weekly

Tv & Film

4.0586 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Dracarys! In the first episode of West of Westeros, Nick Romano and Lauren Morgan are joined by EW’s TV critic, Darren Franich, who names them heir to EW’s Game of Thrones podcasting kingdom. We check in on how we’re all feeling about the return to Westeros after the polarizing finale of Game of Thrones and then dig into the series premiere of House of the Dragon. In the first section, we stay free of book spoilers as we talk about what we liked and what we didn’t in the first episode. In the second section, we touch on how well the show adapts George R.R. Martin’s Fire and Blood and dig deeper into the show from a book reader perspective. Finally, we’re joined by Rhaenyra Targaryen herself, Milly Alcock, who talks to Nick Romano about portraying the Targaryen princess. Grab a glass of Arbor Gold and join us for a lively discussion featuring EW’s Small Council! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:02.2

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0:02.9

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0:04.0

That's not a secret.

0:27.3

Print everything for your business with Vistaprint. Business cards, stickers, t-shirt, signage, even photo books from your last holiday. If you need it, we print it at vistoprint.co.uk. It was really interesting because of the genre and because of the time period and because of what's expected to her. She's very stoic but she's just got that underlying cheekiness that I think is kind of what she uses to get what she wants but also gets used against her. Probably my favorite person to play

0:31.6

because I just got to transform completely. Like I would take off the wig and get home and be

0:36.9

like oh damn.

0:47.2

Welcome, all you lords and ladies from across the seven kingdoms to the premiere of West of Westeros,

0:53.4

Entertainment Weekly's Game

0:54.6

of Thrones podcast.

0:56.1

I'm Nick Romano, a senior writer here at EW, and I'm joined by some pretty fantastic people,

1:01.7

if I do say so myself.

1:03.6

The first is Lauren Morgan, EW podcaster and senior photo editor.

1:08.1

I like to think of her as our resident maister, since she knows so much about the

1:12.0

world George Orr-Martin has created. Lauren, are you as excited for the return of Game of Thrones as I am?

1:18.4

I am. I, you know, I know some people felt burned by the end of Game of Thrones, and I have to admit,

1:24.6

there were some stuff I was not happy about, but I love the Targaryens. I read Fire and Blood. I've read every possible thing that George Martin has written about this world. So I am all in for the House of the Dragon. So very excited at joining you on this podcasting adventure. For anyone listening in, Lauren and I will be hosting West of Westeros all season long

1:46.2

to unpack each episode of House of the Dragon, the prequel series to Game of Thrones,

1:50.8

that dropped tonight on HBO and HBO Max.

1:53.6

I assume if you're listening in, you've already seen it.

1:55.7

If not, get out of here and go watch this show.

1:58.5

We'll also be joined by a rotating roster of guest hosts.

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