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A Cast of Kings - A House of the Dragon Podcast

The Three Things George R. R. Martin Wanted To Include in 'House of the Dragon'

A Cast of Kings - A House of the Dragon Podcast

Decoding TV

Tv & Film

4.43.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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In this final pre-premiere episode, David and Kim discuss three things that George R. R. Martin wanted to make sure were part of the universe of House of the Dragon.

Also: we chat about the Game of Thrones content ecosystem, as well as this new generation of actors that’s about to become mega-famous as a result of the show.

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0:00.0

Hello, everyone, and welcome to a cast of Kings, an unofficial recap podcast about the HBO

0:06.1

original series House of the Dragon.

0:08.9

I'm David Chen, and I have not read Fire and Blood, the book on which House of the Dragon

0:13.2

is based.

0:14.7

And I'm Kim Renfro, and I have read Fire and Blood, the book upon which House of the Dragon

0:19.3

is based.

0:20.5

It rules trippingly off the tongue, does it mean interest?

0:23.5

It's, but...

0:24.5

Can I say it's a little better than the Lord of the Rings, the Rings of Fowler?

0:28.0

You can say that.

0:30.6

You can say that, and I will not confirm nor deny.

0:37.5

Welcome to the podcast, everyone.

0:39.6

So today is the last pre-house of the Dragon premiere episode that we are going to record.

0:46.8

The next time you hear us, we will be talking about the season premiere of House of the

0:50.6

Dragon.

0:52.5

Very exciting times.

0:54.9

And so there is a couple of kind of fun tidbits we wanted to share with you today, and specifically,

0:59.9

we want to talk about three things that George R. Martin specifically requested the show

1:03.7

renters include.

1:05.1

I think these are...

1:06.8

I would not consider these spoilers, you know, but they are kind of like neat little touches

1:11.5

that have been revealed about what will be in the show, so we'll be diving into that.

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