HBO’s “Succession” inspired Aemond’s small council scene from House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 6

House of The Dragon, based on the storyline of George R.R Martins‘ book Fire and Blood, is one of the highly-reviewed shows on IMDb. Succession is another most viewed and Best Drama Series award winner show directed by Andrij Parekh, who directed the latest episode of the Game of Thrones prequel.

The plots of both shows revolve around family members and their conflicts. House of the Dragon is a drama series full of articulation, tone, and timber just like that of Succession. Their politics consisted of unstable power plays between rival group within the same family.

House of the Dragon’s Small Council meet

Andrij Parekh, the Director of the season 2 episode ‘Smallfolk‘, has revealed in a recent interview, that he has added a slight touch of his earlier directed show “Succession” to it. The very such example is of the small council being held. Both shows are full of meeting scenes engaging a bunch of characters around the table. The cynosure of all eyes “Aemond” looks autocratic standing amidst all the Lords. That’s the power of the councils meet, as mentioned by Andrij Parekh in the recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter,

“I just think it’s just about moving the drama forward. And I feel like Aemond is so powerful in that scene. You feel he’s very different presence than Aegon at that Small Council, in a radically different way. He’s immediately getting down to business and not asking anyone what they really think, he’s telling them what they need to do. So that level of command I found inspiring”.

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Andrij Parekh’s view on Small Council was inspired by Succession

All the captivating and dramatic shots by the central characters like Viserys, Aegon and Aemond leaned into different spells of authority. Especially Aemond leaning on the table and commanding, keeps the scenes fully engaged. Its like he is trying to convey that put all of your focus on me, listen to me and my orders, do as commanded or you will be dispatched. The power that he holds around that table is worth comparing to the power that the actors of Succession hold.

“We also covered it in kind of a Succession way — a moving camera around the table. That was something I loved to do as a DP in Succession, but also as a director. I think it keeps it alive for the actors. It’s always wonderful when the actors don’t know where the cameras is. All of them are forced to act as an ensemble and then you’re basically creating filmed theater, and that’s when it feels really alive to me — when they don’t know where the camera is looking, exactly. It adds a level of uncertainty and electricity that I think helps in terms of performance”.

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