It looks like House of the Dragons has begun their casting search and is due to begin production in January with a target date of 2022 for premiere. From the looks of it the focus of the series will be Targaryen civil war known as The Dance of the Dragons. There have been rumors for months that HBO has been trying to cast Alicent Hightower and Rhaenyra Targaryen, but nothing confirmed but a casting call has now apparently gone out for Daemon Targaryen as well.
https://www.theilluminerdi.com/2020/08/17/house-of-the-dragon-prince/
PRINCE DAEMON TARGARYEN (Male, 40-50) – The younger brother to King Viserys, Daemon wasn’t born with “naked ambition” for the throne despite being in line for it. He’s less methodical and more impetuous. Not to mention easily bored…stumbling from one distraction to the next with the subconscious yet singular obsession with earning the love and acceptance of his brother the king. Most of Daemon’s joy is found at sword-point. But even as the most experienced warrior of his time, he vacillates between vile and heroic, making him the true rogue of the series.
SERIES LEAD. OPTIONS ESSENTIAL *This role is currently scheduled to film between January – December 2021*
Fans of the books series Fire and Blood and the Rogue Prince are very familiar with Daemon who is probably the most interesting Targaryen to never sit on the Iron throne and who is actually quite pivotal to the ASOIAF universe since every king to sit the Iron Throne after the Dance is his direct descendant. He is also the one of the most polarizing characters in all the books.
If it is true that this time frame is being used as for the show I think it should be pretty good as the Targaryens were at the height of their power at this point, there were more dragons than dragon riders, they controlled 6 of the 7 kindgoms and were generally well regarded and over the course of a couple of years we see the beginning of the end of the Targaryen Dynasty as the dragons died out, a string of ineffective, corrupt, or short lived kings, and further war chipped away at their power. We would also get to see some of the other powerful houses of Westeros that we did not meet in the GOT series. House Hightowers of Oldtown in particular as well as the other family of Valerion blood in Westeros House Velaryon of the Driftmark. There are also a bunch of interesting characters that you see during this time frame as Criston Cole, Aemond Targaryen, Nettles, Cregan Stark(small part), Plus all the other cool events that took place within that time the death of Viserys I and the coronations of Aegon II and Rhaenyra, the murder of Prince Jaehaerys by Blood and Cheese, The Butchers Ball, the storming of the dragonpit, the moon of the three knights, Rhaenyra death at the hands of her brother Aegon, and then Aegon death and the subsequent trails. Oh then there are the battles that we could potentially see in the series from the dance over shipwreck that ended all doubt there would a peaceful solution to crisis to the battle above the God's eye. So if HBO puts the money in and does it right it could be an epic series.
https://www.theilluminerdi.com/2020/08/17/house-of-the-dragon-prince/
PRINCE DAEMON TARGARYEN (Male, 40-50) – The younger brother to King Viserys, Daemon wasn’t born with “naked ambition” for the throne despite being in line for it. He’s less methodical and more impetuous. Not to mention easily bored…stumbling from one distraction to the next with the subconscious yet singular obsession with earning the love and acceptance of his brother the king. Most of Daemon’s joy is found at sword-point. But even as the most experienced warrior of his time, he vacillates between vile and heroic, making him the true rogue of the series.
SERIES LEAD. OPTIONS ESSENTIAL *This role is currently scheduled to film between January – December 2021*
Fans of the books series Fire and Blood and the Rogue Prince are very familiar with Daemon who is probably the most interesting Targaryen to never sit on the Iron throne and who is actually quite pivotal to the ASOIAF universe since every king to sit the Iron Throne after the Dance is his direct descendant. He is also the one of the most polarizing characters in all the books.
If it is true that this time frame is being used as for the show I think it should be pretty good as the Targaryens were at the height of their power at this point, there were more dragons than dragon riders, they controlled 6 of the 7 kindgoms and were generally well regarded and over the course of a couple of years we see the beginning of the end of the Targaryen Dynasty as the dragons died out, a string of ineffective, corrupt, or short lived kings, and further war chipped away at their power. We would also get to see some of the other powerful houses of Westeros that we did not meet in the GOT series. House Hightowers of Oldtown in particular as well as the other family of Valerion blood in Westeros House Velaryon of the Driftmark. There are also a bunch of interesting characters that you see during this time frame as Criston Cole, Aemond Targaryen, Nettles, Cregan Stark(small part), Plus all the other cool events that took place within that time the death of Viserys I and the coronations of Aegon II and Rhaenyra, the murder of Prince Jaehaerys by Blood and Cheese, The Butchers Ball, the storming of the dragonpit, the moon of the three knights, Rhaenyra death at the hands of her brother Aegon, and then Aegon death and the subsequent trails. Oh then there are the battles that we could potentially see in the series from the dance over shipwreck that ended all doubt there would a peaceful solution to crisis to the battle above the God's eye. So if HBO puts the money in and does it right it could be an epic series.
