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Game of Thrones’ Aegon’s Conquest prequel reignites popular demand of casting Henry Cavill as the Conqueror

When it comes to fantasy, very few come close to the amazing world-building ability of George R. R. Martin. One of the most fabled stories in the world of Westeros that Martin has ever written is of course the legendary conquest of Aegon, the Conqueror. And with a bit of luck and quality, that fable has a good chance of making it to the TV screens.
Fans want Henry Cavill to star as Aegon, the Conqueror
Ever since the news leaked about Aegon’s Conquest spinoff, fans all over social media began fan-casting for Aegon, Visenya, and Rhaenys. And all over the internet, there is only one actor fans want as Aegon Targaryen – The Witcher star and DCEU’s Superman Henry Cavill.
Does Henry Cavill want to enter the world of Westeros?
Cavill recently appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast and addressed the issue, “To be fair, when I was watching House of the Dragon, I was like ‘I feel like a lot of these guys could make really good Witchers.” I think it would be cool to be in Westeros, I really do. I don’t think there’s a place for me in there, though.”
What are the fans saying on Twitter?
Here are some of the posts that show how badly fans want Henry Cavill to play Aegon the Conqueror.
Since Henry Cavill is trending, if you could cast him in any role as a future Targaryen, who would you pick? For me? Aegon the Conqueror. pic.twitter.com/aYvih4rRUV
— GameofThrones Quotes (@ASOIAFQuotesGOT) October 24, 2022
HBO should have done Aegon I Targaryen’s conquest of Westeros as their first Game Of Thrones prequel but everything happens for a reason. Now they can hire Henry Cavill to play Aegon. I hear he is available. pic.twitter.com/draKp9jLVh
— TV Fanatic👑⚜️ (@TvKhaleesi) April 3, 2023
The way Henry Cavill is the only man alive who could play both Robert Baratheon and Aegon Targaryen pic.twitter.com/uoHfa44NJh
— federica 🏳️🌈 (she/her) (@ladymultifandom) April 4, 2020
I wonder if Henry Cavill will play Aegon the Conqueror now 👀 pic.twitter.com/IHlO0VcpwT
— BLURAYANGEL 🦇 (@blurayangel) October 29, 2022
Henry Cavill as Aegon The Conqueror in #HouseoftheDragon ???
Every major franchise wants to work with Henry Cavill now. Someone check on Grace Randolph pls 😭 pic.twitter.com/2Tl0gulwac
— 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘁 (@Itssan17) September 5, 2022
Aegon Targaryen The Conqueror #HenryCavill 👑🔥(proposal for @HBO: Henry really wanted to play Alexander the Great. His dream hasn't come true yet, but maybe he will be Aegon the First. pic.twitter.com/mkC2lnxJ69
— Catalina (@emgot88) April 9, 2023
Henry, Katherine and Margot as Aegon, Visenya and Rhaenys #aegontheconquer#HenryCavill#visenyatargaryen#katherynwinnick#RhaenysTargaryen#margotrobbie pic.twitter.com/MXiaSIIjq8
— Morena Malaka Mmowa (@Majabzinee) April 9, 2023
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