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\u201cEveryone has their conspiracies. I\u2019ve been speaking to George, and he hasn\u2019t decided either,\u201d says the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms<\/em> star. Nearly every Targaryen depicted onscreen in HBO\u2019s Game of Thrones<\/em><\/a> universe is a monster. The family is known for murdering its own members, planning atrocities with wildfire, and generally unleashing a draconian rage on the commoners of Westeros. Even Daenerys, one of the protagonists of Thrones<\/em>, revealed her madness at the end when she went from freeing slaves to burning the innocents of King\u2019s Landing alive. Then there\u2019s Egg, one of two main characters in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms<\/em><\/a>. Even though he\u2019s secretly a Targaryen prince, he seems like a pretty good kid!<\/p>\n The latest show based on George R.R. Martin\u2019s books is a breath of fresh air compared to Thrones<\/em> and House of the Dragon<\/em><\/a>. Rather than chronicling epic dragon battles or backstabbing palace intrigue, the six-episode season followed Egg as he pretended he was a commoner rather than Prince Aegon V. After running away from his family before a big tournament, he meets Dunk, a big but inexperienced hedge knight, and becomes his squire. Egg watches a puppet show, goes to some parties, takes in a joust or two, and bonds with his tall new friend and mentor. Sure, he accidentally got Dunk in the middle of a 14-person trial by combat, which led to the death of the crown prince of Westeros. Even so, Knight\u2019<\/em>s stakes felt refreshing. You don\u2019t need to rise to the level of dragon civil war for family drama to be engaging.<\/p>\n This lighter version of Westeros is the only one Dexter Sol Ansell knows. Although he plays Egg in Knight<\/em>, he hasn\u2019t seen the other shows because he\u2019s 11 years old and those series are famously violent and full of nudity. \u201cAll I really know is that there\u2019s a load of dragons, and they all want to be the king or the queen or whatever,\u201d Ansell says. \u201cAnd apparently I have a really good granddaughter,\u201d he adds, seemingly referring to Daenerys, who is Egg\u2019s great-granddaughter and, as the end of Game of Thrones <\/em>showed, maybe wasn\u2019t actually<\/em> that good. But, hey, he hasn\u2019t seen it. Not being familiar with the darker side of Westeros might actually work in his \u2014 and his show\u2019s \u2014 favor.<\/p>\n Is there a difference between how you play Egg when his identity is a secret compared to how you play him when he\u2019s a Targaryen prince wearing the fancy black outfit?<\/strong> What\u2019s the relationship like between Egg and Dunk? On the one hand, you\u2019re a child and his squire, which means he\u2019s bigger than you and your boss. But on the other hand, he\u2019s a commoner and you\u2019re the king\u2019s grandson.<\/strong> Which of those is the real Egg: the one who wants to be small or the one who wants to be an impressive royal?\u00a0<\/strong> And he\u2019s not getting that from his family.<\/strong> Why do you think Egg is a seemingly nice, normal kid rather than an insane monster like a lot of Targaryens?<\/strong> Is he just an innocent, or do you think there is some of that Targaryen madness lurking within him?<\/strong> So we are<\/em> seeing some of that madness when Egg attempts to murder his brother? What\u2019s going through Egg\u2019s head?<\/strong> How does Egg feel about Baelor\u2019s death and his role in it?<\/strong> Who should feel the most guilt about Baelor\u2019s death: Maekar, Aerion, Dunk, Egg? The seven gods?<\/strong> Kindness kills in Westeros. Dunk, obviously, is going to take his share of the guilt with him going forward, but does Egg carry any of it too?<\/strong> The post-credits scene in the finale reveals that Maekar did <\/strong>not<\/strong> give Egg permission to squire Dunk, something that isn\u2019t made explicit in the novella. Can you talk about why Egg decided to run off with Dunk anyway? Will there be any consequences to that?<\/strong> Does season two feel different since it\u2019s another Dunk and Egg adventure rather than an origin story?<\/strong> How much of Egg\u2019s eventual fate do you know?<\/strong> Yeah, so you know all about it.\u00a0<\/strong> Does Egg\u2019s future weigh on your performance of him as a child at all?<\/strong> The only time it really comes up in this first season is when you meet the fortune teller in <\/strong>episode three<\/strong><\/a>, and Egg is very shocked by her prediction. Is he shocked because this fortune doesn\u2019t make any sense to him? Or is he shocked because it actually does make sense and he\u2019s scared that it could happen or will?<\/strong> What\u2019s it like being bald?<\/strong> There\u2019s <\/strong>a viral clip going around<\/strong><\/a> of <\/strong>Daniel Ings<\/strong><\/a> saying he realized you were cool with all the swearing before it cuts to you saying how much you don\u2019t like it. Is that a difference between you and Egg? Does he like to cuss?<\/strong> Without asking you to repeat anything, did you learn any new swears while making this show?<\/strong> You already knew them all \u2014 you just don\u2019t want to say them because you\u2019re a good kid?<\/strong> <\/span> \/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js<\/a> \u201cEveryone has their conspiracies. I\u2019ve been speaking to George, and he hasn\u2019t decided either,\u201d says the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms star. Photo: Steffan Hill\/HBO Nearly every Targaryen depicted onscreen in HBO\u2019s Game of Thrones universe is a monster. 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The outfit definitely makes me feel more royal, but I tried to play it pretty much the same. It\u2019s very hard because I have to be a smallfolk boy and then I also have to have that element of being a prince. Now and then, I do a bit of princely things, like when we\u2019re in the tent and Dunk says, \u201c[Ser Donnel of the Kingsguard] is the son of a crabber,\u201d and I go, \u201cHis father owns half the fleets in Westeros.\u201d Then he\u2019s like, \u201cHow do you know that?\u201d And I\u2019m like, \u201cUm, I like fishing.\u201d I have those moments where I go, Oh, bit too far there<\/em>. I didn\u2019t want to play the princely part too high. If Egg was being really princely, then it would upset Dunk, and he would say, \u201cYou\u2019re not anything I thought you were.\u201d And Egg wants to be what Dunk thinks he is.<\/p>\n
He tries to be a smallfolk as much as he can when he\u2019s out in public, but at the end of the day, Egg really just wants to impress his dad. When he\u2019s around all these major things, he wants to look royal and be fancy. But when he\u2019s around Dunk, he wants to be small and kind of curl up into a ball.<\/p>\n
He wants to be big, but he really wants to have someone who loves him. So he will do whatever he can to have a really good friend or a really good relationship with someone like Dunk.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s tried to get it with his family hundreds of times, but it just hasn\u2019t worked. That\u2019s why he ended up saying to his brother, the lucky drunk Daeron, \u201cI\u2019ll find another wine bottle, and if I give you this, will you shave my head?\u201d<\/p>\n
Because so many people were mean to him. Aerion was absolutely vile to him<\/a>. All these people are so cruel. He knows how that feels, and he wouldn\u2019t want anyone else to feel that way. He\u2019s felt so much pain. That\u2019s why he tries so hard to make sure everyone is okay. He wants to welcome everyone and be kind to everyone so they don\u2019t have the same experience he did.<\/p>\n
In front of Aerion, yes. He just wants to kill him<\/a>.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s thinking, Aerion killed my cat. Dunk nearly died in the Trial of Seven. He\u2019s done all these vile things. I need to make this right \u2014 he can\u2019t be doing this anymore<\/em>. And then Maekar comes in. Before Egg ran away, the one thing he really wanted was to impress him and be welcomed. And now Maekar is nice to him for once; he puts his hands on his shoulders, and it\u2019s a really nice moment. It soothes Egg and makes him realize, Wow, finally he appreciates me<\/em>. Maekar probably thought Egg would never do anything like that, and now, finally, Egg\u2019s standing up for himself. Honestly, I think in that moment, Maekar feels proud, because I don\u2019t think Maekar liked Aerion either.<\/p>\n
Egg really liked Baelor, but he didn\u2019t show it because he never spent too much time around Baelor. Baelor was probably busy in meetings and things. But he\u2019s actually the nicest one of all the Targaryens, and it hurts. But it hurts Dunk way more than it hurts Egg because Baelor is the person Dunk actually looked up to and thought was a great person. Baelor helped him and fought with him in the Trial of Seven, and he just died.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s everyone\u2019s fault. If Tanselle<\/a> wasn\u2019t at that exact puppet show, at the exact time when Aerion was there, at the exact time Dunk came \u2014 if Egg hadn\u2019t gone to Dunk for help \u2026 Yeah, I think Egg\u2019s kindness killed Baelor in the end. I went to Dunk saying, \u201cGo save her.\u201d And Baelor, because he\u2019s so kind, stood up for Dunk because Dunk was being kind.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t think Egg does. That\u2019s the least of his worries. People in Egg\u2019s family die quite a lot, so it\u2019s more of a surprise to Dunk than Egg. He knows all of his family is going to be killed, because no one dies from natural causes. They all get killed.<\/p>\n
It could be for so many reasons, but going off of that last answer, maybe it was because people are dying, Aerion\u2019s been sent to the Free Cities, and Egg\u2019s thinking, I\u2019m coming up. I\u2019m going to be next. I\u2019m going to be taken away. I\u2019m going to be killed<\/em>. So he\u2019s like, I\u2019m just gonna get out of here. Let\u2019s go to another place<\/em>.<\/p>\n
All I can say is that Egg definitely has more action, okay? He gets a bit more in it.<\/p>\n
Do you mean Summerhall<\/a>?<\/p>\n
Everyone has their conspiracies about what they think is going to happen. Some people think they know what\u2019s going to happen, but I\u2019ve been speaking to George, and he hasn\u2019t decided either. What\u2019s everyone thinking? Maybe have another think, okay? It might be different.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m just playing him in the moment. Honestly, I didn\u2019t even know Egg was going to become the king. Like, I just completely forgot for ages and then I was like, Oh yeah, Egg\u2019s the king.<\/em> But I try not to think about it a lot because it\u2019s in 40 years\u2019 time.<\/p>\n
Well, things like that have happened to the Targaryens. He believes that people are being true. I guess he\u2019s like, Wow, that <\/em>could happen to me<\/em>.<\/p>\n
Well, it\u2019s exciting. They shave it every morning when we\u2019re filming. It helps at school now that I\u2019m back. I\u2019m making a business: If anyone wants to feel my head \u2014 because you can feel the hair, and it feels really nice \u2014 what I do is if you buy me a drink, you get to touch my hair. If you buy me a meal, you get a free pass every day.<\/p>\n
I mean, I don\u2019t think he even views them as curse words. They\u2019re just normal words.<\/p>\n
No.<\/p>\n
Yeah. You hear them in murmurs from other people at school, I guess.<\/p>\n
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