The second son of the realm did not only emerge victorious but was trulyreborn anointed with fire and blood.

Youre really with Matts character all the way through.

But showrunnerRyan Condalexplains, I wanted to create a memorable battle episode thats something that we hadnt seen before.

Daemon (Matt Smith), Vaemond (Wil Johnson) and Laenor (Theo Nate) in House of the Dragon Season 1 episode 3

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Smith agrees, saying, size and scale and all that is irrelevant, really.

Its what you get right with it.

A few of those things come together, and you think, well, this could be exciting.

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He further elaborates, you dont want aBruce Willisaction hero thing going on.

Its got to be about him going in and losing.

Yaitanes explains the shooting process, Crabfeeder is at the cave at the very end.

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Daemon is driving to the end zone.

The extensive sequence also had some interesting camera moves and the shots were achieved with sophisticated equipment and planning.

Camera operatorJoe Russelltells, We did quite a lot with Rowleys wire cam chasing people down.

All those tools are at your disposal and thats been really liberating because nothing is off the table.

Episode 4 of the hit show drops on September 11.

Meanwhile, check out the featurette below: