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'Your Viserys is better than my Viserys': HOTD's Paddy Considine receives high praise from George RR Martin

The 49-year-old English actor had reportedly revealed that he also received a text message from Martin, which read, 'Your Viserys is better than my Viserys'

George RR Martin reportedly has only compliments for Paddy Considine, who is playing the role of King Viserys in ‘House of the Dragon’. On his personal blog, the novelist wrote, “Sunday’s episode, ‘Lord of the Tides,’ was everything I hoped it should be.  Kudos to Eileen Shim, the scriptwriter, to Geeta Patel, the director, to our incredible cast… and particularly to Paddy Considine, for his portrayal of King Viserys, the First of His Name.”

He also noted that “the character he created (with Ryan and Sara and Ti and the rest of our writers) for the show is so much more powerful and tragic and fully-fleshed than my own version in FIRE & BLOOD that I am half tempted to go back and rip up those chapters and rewrite the whole history of his reign,” before adding, “Paddy deserves an Emmy for this episode alone. If he doesn’t get one, hey, there’s no justice.”

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Elsewhere in the blog, Martin stated, “I am a fantasy fan, and I want more fantasy on television, and nothing would accomplish that more than a couple of big hits. THE WITCHER, SHADOW & BONE, WHEEL OF TIME… and THE SANDMAN, a glorious adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s groundbreaking comic series… those are a good start, but I want more."

“I want Tad Williams, I want Joe Abercrombie, I want Patrick Rothfuss, I want a good adaptation of Le Guin’s Earthsea books, I want Alan Garner, I want Robin Hobb… oh, the list is long, I could go on and on… and would if I did not have a zillion other things to do.   Most of all, I want Roger Zelazny’s NINE PRINCES IN AMBER,” Martin added.

However, this was not the first time, the 74-year-old television producer had nice words for the 49-year-old English actor. Considine recently told GQ Hype, “I got a text message that simply said: ‘Your Viserys is better than my Viserys’. It was from George RR Martin. And I thought: that’ll do it. Thanks for trusting me.”

Meanwhile, numerous people have agreed with Martin as a user shared, “A little humor is fine when it doesn't feel forced, like the tapestry scene between Viserys and Daemon, but so far I've loved the dark and tense feel of this series. The way a good drama should be.”

The second user tweeted, “Earlier life Viserys is laid back, happy, carefree — so you watch Paddy’s performance and it honestly seems effortless. Then he amps up his performance every episode so subtly that you barely notice, it’s natural. Then you get to episode 8 and he rips your heart out. 10/10.”

The third one said, “Paddy acted his a** off. Viserys has so many layers to his character and he pulled it off so incredibly well.” “In the end he did prove himself a warrior, and had his mettle tested like he's always wanted deep down. I don't think many people could pull that off in such a state, literally rotting, without being on any pain relief medication,” another tweet read.

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