Meet Your New Favourite ‘Sport of Thrones’ Character in This ‘Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Featurette

He’s Ser Duncan the Tall—but when, like Dexter Sol Ansell’s pint-sized Egg on this new featurette for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, you’ve by no means heard of him, you quickly will. If this glimpse at Peter Claffey’s endearing efficiency is any indication, he’ll additionally quickly shoot to the highest of your listing of favourite Game of Thrones-adjacent characters to ever stomp round Westeros.

We’ve seen Dunk in motion in trailers thus far, however that is our greatest look but on the hero of George R.R. Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas—at the very least till the present hits HBO in a few weeks.

Claffey recollects nervously barfing at his first rehearsal and feeling embarrassed about it—solely to be advised “That’s nice, that’s identical to Dunk!” by showrunner Ira Parker. Claffey describes Dunk as a “typical underdog” in the beginning of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, studying to make his means by means of Westeros with out his mentor, the not too long ago deceased Ser Arlen of Pennytree.

His first cease is a close-by event, the place he’s quickly snarkily categorized as a hedge knight—”like a knight, solely sadder“—and as Claffey explains, Dunk’s journey will contain squaring that awkward naivete with the sensation that perhaps he could possibly be a “superb knight” if he wished to.

Claffey additionally briefly touches on the present’s stunts and surprising humorousness—and calls engaged on A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms “the best expertise of my whole life.” The present premieres January 18 on HBO, and a season two is already on the way in which.

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