"The Dance of the Dragons has fully kicked off," declares actor Ewan Mitchell about "House of the Dragon" season 2, in a brand-new video that HBO recently released, which features Mitchell's fellow castmates like Emma D'Arcy (who plays Rhaenyra Targaryen), Matt Smith (Daemon Targaryen), Olivia Cooke (Alicent Hightower) and the like teasing what "HOTD" fans can expect from the upcoming episodes. (The second season debuts on HBO and Max on June 16.)
There will indeed be many battles to come in the second season of the "Game of Thrones" prequel series as the succession war within House Targaryen ratchets up, "with armies being raised and alliances being formed," said Cooke in the two-minute clip. As for getting to portray the family feud between Rhaenyra and her half-brother Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) over the Iron Throne, "House of the Dragon" showrunner Ryan Condal gleefully proclaimed: "We were excited to get into it because this is the juicy part of the drama."
