Sci-fi and fantasy entertainment has finally seen a shift toward more diverse casting, a move that not only better reflects our world, but also brings joy to fans who have longed to see people who look like them represented on screen. . (You can also, as we have seen especially with star Warstake out toxic fans.) At a press conference for dragon house season twotwo black stars of HBO and Max series He reflected on what it means to enter Westeros in that context.
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“It was very important for me to be in a franchise of this scale, because I didn’t get to see that when I was younger,” Bethany Antonia, who plays Lady Baela Targaryen, told the assembled press. only Young people watch these types of programs, not at all, but when you are that age, that is when you start to develop what your dreams are going to be and what your aspirations will be. And if [no] “You see it, you can’t believe it.” What’s more, Antonia added, “I In fact I wanted to be in something like that, so that there would be people who had someone to cosplay as… I know it may sound very basic, but those are the things that you can enjoy when you are in these types of fandoms, and it’s a privilege that you just We did not have. We didn’t have anyone to dress up as! It’s a joy to do when you go to these conventions and things like that. Even if just one person sees it and says, ‘Wow, that’s someone like me, it was worth it.’
Steve Toussaint, who plays Lord Corlys Velaryon, also known as the Sea Serpent, agreed. “I think people, if you’re used to being represented, representation doesn’t mean as much because you’re used to it. When I was a kid there were science fiction shows and there were very few people, if any, who looked like me and looked like us. My friends and I used to joke about it: ‘This is set in the future and we’re not there!’ ‘What are they going to do to us?’” he said.
“But I can’t tell you the number of people who have contacted me, not just people of color, through social media or through letters. and they said how glad they are to see this representation in this world, because exactly what Bethany said: it is important that you feel that you are something, that you are part of it, that you have a contribution to make,” Touissaint continued. I think it’s vital, and certainly some of you may be aware that there was some negative response when I was first announced. playing a character who was white in the source material]. Since then, people said, ‘Yeah, I was a little doubtful about you, but you actually did a great job and well done.’ But I think we live in a world where everyone is here, and I think everyone has the right to be represented. People of different races, people of different genders, [identidades] of gender ]and so on. That’s the world I think we should strive for. “There are voices out there that would argue against that, but I think those of us who want to see that world, I think history is on our side.”
dragon house The second season begins June 16 on HBO and Max.
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