The members of House Velaryon, pale-skinned and purple-eyed inGeorge R.R.
But all that hubbub doesn’t faze actorSteve Toussaint, who plays the patriarch Lord Corlys Velaryon.
“They are happy with a dragon flying,” Toussaint said in a recentMen’s Healthinterview.
Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon on ‘House of the Dragon’.Ollie Upton/HBO
“They’re happy with white hair and violet-colored eyes, but a rich Black guy?
That’s beyond the pale.”
It’s different than 20 years ago when Peter Jackson madeThe Lord of the Rings.
Steve Toussaint and Eve Best on ‘House of the Dragon’.Ollie Upton/HBO
House of the Dragon, then, is in one way a correction ofGoT’s past shortcomings.
And in another way, Toussaint’s Lord Velaryon is a fulfillment of Martin’s original vision.
I just thought, ‘Well, why couldn’t we do a version of that now?'"
