SPOILER ALERT: Do not read unless you’ve seen the first nine episodes of “House of the Dragon” on HBO.
Well before he died in Episode 8 of “House of the Dragon,” Paddy Considine’s King Viserys Targaryen (may he rest in peace) was falling apart. Literally — his body and face were crumbling.
Viserys’ deterioration happened slowly. First, it was a few festering cuts from sitting on the Iron Throne, then it was some missing fingers. After the 10-year time jump in Episode 6, he lost an entire arm. Finally, in Episode 8, he was missing an eye and half of his face, most of his hair had fallen out and he looked more like a walking skeleton than the ruling Targaryen king.
Prosthetics designer Barrie Gower and his team were behind Viserys’ gradual and ghastly transformation. Gower already has a lot of experience in Westeros; he created the Night King…
