As with Game Of Thrones before it, the big question hanging over House Of The Dragon is: who should ascend the Iron Throne? “I mean, honestly I think Alicent,” he says, pointing to the experience held by Rhaenyra’s matriarchal rival. “There’s not a character in the show that has seen more of a differential between power, to lack of power. She’s seen it all. But I think where she is now, where we find her now in the story, and certainly where I think she’s going, she’s a person that has the proper experience and training to make the right choices.”