Too bad she had to land.
And there was the birth of a Targaryen heir.
Even author andHouse of the Dragonco-creator Martin didnt expectthat.
Ryan Condal, Milly Alcock in ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 1 - Episode 1Getty/HBO Max
It was Condal who turned it into a something more.
[They are] significantly different from the books that were the source forGame of Thrones, Martin said.
I give you some actual dialogue, but mostly its history.
Its an outline and you cant present an outline in television, so it has to be filled in.
And thats where I think Ryan and his staff of writers … have done a marvelous job.
Theres nothing about the most horrendous childbirth scene ever seen on television.
[Looking at Condal] That was entirely the work of you and your writers.
And its incredibly powerful scene that just my summary, one line would not have conveyed.
Theres a lot of that in this show.
Its an adaptation, but its also a creation.
