Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeIt’s usually tough for actors to receive a call telling them their character is to be killed off a TV series – but not for one House of the Dragon star, who was killed off in the latest episode. For Saban, getting the call informing her of her character’s fate didn’t leave her feeling sad, but honoured. “I did get such a call – I sort of saw it coming, really,” Saban told Entertainment Weekly. Earlier this month, House of the Dragon director Nina Lopez-Corrado “controversially” defended the show as the series continued to deviate from George RR Martin’s source material.