[Este artículo contiene SPOILERS de ‘LA CASA DEL DRAGÓN’ 2×02]
Parents against children, brothers against brothers, neighbors against neighbors. Civil wars have these things. In the history of Westeros they are accustomed to this type of dynastic confrontations, being known as Dance of the Dragons one of the most popular: The dragon house It is the series dedicated to telling us all its details.
If every civil war is a fratricidal struggle, nothing illustrates this better than the confrontation between the Cargyll brothers, physically identical members of the Royal Guard. In the second episode of the second season We’ve seen these twins fight to the death, each one positioned since the previous season on an opposite side in the dispute for the Iron Throne after the death of King Viserys.
Who is Arryk and who is Erryk
The brothers Arryk and Erryk Cargyll, played in the series by twin brothers Luke and Elliott Tittensor respectively, they parted ways at the end of the first season of The dragon house with the death of Viserys. Both were part of the king’s prestigious Royal Guard, demonstrating great professionalism even though they made it difficult for their companions to distinguish them from each other.
However, after Viserys’ death, Ser Arryk Cargyll (Luke Tittensor) He remained in King’s Landing as a faithful servant of his successor on the throne, Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney); while Ser Erryk Cargyll (Elliott Tittensor) swore allegiance to Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) and remained with her on Dragonstone while the Blacks disputed the Iron Throne with the Greens. (Check out this guide to find out who’s on which side.)
Separated by kilometers, the brothers have tragically reunited in episode 2 of the second season (Rhaenyra the Cruel) when Arryk has infiltrated Dragonstone posing as Erryk to approach Rhaenyra and kill her. Thanks to an observer Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno) wanting to alternate his alliances that he raised the alarm, the plan does not go well and When Arryk was about to attack Rhaenyra, his brother burst into the room. and the two twins began to fight.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, this season’s showrunner Ryan Condal points out how in the book Fire and blood of George R.R. Martin, where it is nourished The dragon house, The confrontation between the Cargylls is told in various ways. Even a hundred years later our old acquaintance Sansa Stark idealizes him as a romantic legend in Game of Thrones. However, the version written for the series by the screenwriter Sara Hess highlights how tragic it is to see two brothers killing each other to keep their oath.
Who wins: Arryk or Erryk
In The dragon house, Ser Erryk wins the fight by killing his brother and preventing Rhaenyra’s murder. Badly injured, He concludes the confrontation by falling on his own sword to also end his life.
During the course of the fight it is difficult to keep track of who is who among the brothers, but Ryan Condal has made their identities clear in another interview, this time published by Decide.
“[Los hermanos Tittensor] They are amazing actors. They made [el duelo a espadas] themselves. They studied the choreography and learned it with Rowley [Irlam]the coordinator of stuntmen and stuntmen,” explains Condal. “They shot the whole fight themselves and the result is incredible and very moving.”
How to tell Arryk from Erryk
By the way, Condal offers all those spectators of The dragon house having difficulty telling twins apart his own trick to avoid confusing the actors and their characters during filming. “The best way is to remember that Arryk, starting with A, goes with Aegon; and Erryk, starting with E, is played by Elliott Tittensor,” he explains.
Ok, but how do you know who is Elliott and who is Luke? “They told us that her own mother was mistaken for her and that they have sometimes deceived her by changing her beard and things like that,” Condal continues. “Elliott has tattoos on his arms, which is very useful only if he doesn’t have them covered. As soon as they are covered, it is impossible to distinguish them. Although in the end I did it, which I am very proud of.”
And that’s not all. The filming of The dragon house had yet another challenge for people not too good at memorizing faces and names. “It was a mess because in this season, In addition to the twins Luke and Elliott Tittensor, the Cargylls, we also have Elliott [Grihault]the actor who plays Luke Velaryon. So every time someone said ‘Elliott’ or ‘Luke’ you didn’t know if they were talking about the character, the actor or whatever,” the showrunner recalls.
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