There are plenty of Game of Thrones quotes that have stuck around in the zeitgeist – “Winter is coming” and “You know nothing, Jon Snow” are lines I still say to this day. Now, I think we can safely add “I’m alive, imbicele,” which is said by Aegon in the Season 3 finale of House of the Dragon, to that list too. So, with that in mind, Tom Glynn-Carney, who plays Aegon, has opened up about how he came up with the way he delivered the line.
Now, to review the moment, Aegon flies down to Aemond, who says, “It can not be; you are dead.” In response, Aegon slaps his brother and says, “I’m alive, imbecile.” The conversation goes on as he relays his plan to take down Ormund and then Rhaenyra. However, the part everyone remembers (and yells at Glynn-Carney) is “I’m alive.” It turns out that was a big choice the actor who plays Aegon made on the first day of filming House of the Dragon Season 3, as he explained on Josh Smith’s Great Chat Show:
