Ewan Mitchell helps Aemond show his true colors in 'House of the Dragon'

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Set us as preferred LONDON — Ewan Mitchell shares few similarities with Aemond Targaryen, his unhinged character on HBO’s “House of the Dragon.” The British actor, 29, is soft-spoken, thoughtful and quick with a “thank you.” His hair is currently brown rather than Targaryen blond, although he says the color is actually left over from filming Justine Triet’s upcoming psychological thriller “Fonda.” Although he is very different from the power-hungry second son he plays on TV, Mitchell understands him.“I always empathize with that little kid in Season 1,” he says, speaking from London’s 180 House on a sunny day in July.“He was this neglected, bullied boy.

He was never given a dragon egg.So from the beginning he recognized that he was on the back foot, and he was bullied for being different.

What’s nice about Season 3 is it’s showing Aemond’s true colors.”Early in Season 3, Aemond asserted his dominance over his mother Alicent (Olivia Cooke) with a gasp-inducing kiss on the mouth, a moment Mitchell compares to Michael Corleone’s iconic kiss on Fredo in “The Godfather Part II.” The disgraced prince regent left King’s Landing for Harrenhal in search of Daemon (Matt Smith), only to murder Ser Simon Strong and his sons instead.His fray with the Strong family was triumphant, but left Aemond with a wound in his side.

He begged the castle’s mysterious inhabitant Alys Rivers (Gayle Rankin) to help him before vanishing for the next two episodes.Television ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 is here.

Here’s everything you need to remember from the first two seasons of the Targaryen family war.In Episode 5, Aemond is back.At first, he appears wounded and broken.

But he ably defends Alys from a group of invaders, relying on muscle memory and — perhaps — a sense of honor to pay her back ...