The actor unpacks the final clash in the War of the Stepstones.
The War for the Stepstones onHouse of the Dragonis Corlys Velaryon in his element.
the Crabfeeder, who took over the shipping lanes at the Stepstones with his Triarchy army.
Steve Toussaint on ‘House of the Dragon’.Gary Moyes / HBO
“Throughout the filming process, both Fabien and Graham would make complaints about how uncomfortable the armor was.
‘Oh, it’s digging in here.
I’m in pain.’
Wil Johnson arrives as Vaemond Velaryon, the pious brother of Steve Toussaint’s Lord Corlys Velaryon, on ‘House of the Dragon’.Ollie Upton / HBO
We’d just go, ‘Oh, shut up, deal with it.’
Oh, it hurts!'”
Toussaint tells EW ontheWest of Westerospodcast.
Vaemond Velaryon (Wil Johnson), Laenor Velaryon (Theo Nate), sworn sword Ser Joffrey Lonmouth (Solly McLeod), and Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint) assemble at the Stepstones on ‘House of the Dragon’.Ollie Upton / HBO
Very heavy and very thick.
Of course the armor isn’t real metal, but it’s some sort of hard plastic.
Your movements are suddenly incredibly restricted.
It became something of a torture chamber, actually a walking torture chamber.
But hopefully it’ll look good anyway."
One thing Toussaint did appreciate about his look was Corlys' axe.
It reminds him of a quote from famed boxer Mike Tyson: Every punch is thrown with bad intentions.
“Whereas the sword fight is a fight.
You learn to parry and to twist into all that.
[Corlys is] just like, ‘Let’s get all that crap out of the way.
Toussaint points to another element of his costume, the hilt of his dagger.
It’s in the shape of an open mollusk, with a pearl on the inside.
He says it’s meant to be the character’s navigational compass.
It’s details like these that gave viewers more insights into Corlys in episode 3.
“He just thinks we should stay away from the rest of the Targaryen mad set.”
That relationship is slightly more complicated.
What is that predilection?
I think Corlys is guilty of that.”
But the War for the Stepstones emphasizes another side of him.
“‘Here’s somebody coming at me with a sword.
I have to take him down or he’ll take me down.
I don’t have to think about anything else.'”
In a way, I guess the battle and being at sea are the things for Corlys.
I think that’s why he feels at home.
Listen to EW’s full interview with Toussaint on theWest of Westerospodcast.
