
House of the Dragon is currently on hiatus with fans waiting on Season 2 and the brewing civil war within the Targaryen family tree, but there are plenty of sequences from the first season that are undoubtedly still fresh in many minds. The stunts of the Game of Thrones prequel not only recalled some of what made the original series’ battles so iconic, but also used dragons as weapons of war more tactically than Dany roasting everything on Drogon. Stunt coordinator Rowley Irlam worked on Game of Thrones before coming to House of the Dragon, and he opened up about a nerve-wracking stunt and a particularly fun stunt.
There was plenty of death, destruction, and dragon fire to go around in Season 1 of House of the Dragon (available streaming via Max subscription), and the stunt coordinator told THR about what would make him nervous and what was especially exciting for him in those episodes. With the wait on for House of the Dragon Season 2, Rowley Irlam shared: