The creative minds behind House of the Dragon have revealed they showed Queen Aemma Targaryen’s brutal childbirth scene to several women to gauge their reactions before the series premiered.
The harrowing scene during the Game Of Thrones’ prequel’s premiere episode depicted the Queen (Sian Brooke) attempting to deliver son Baelon, who is in the breech position.
Queen Aemma had been trying for years to give King Viserys (Paddy Considine) a son to serve as heir to the Iron Throne, though the only child that survived was Princess Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock).
Childbirth: The creative minds behind House of the Dragon have revealed they showed Queen Aemma Targaryen’s brutal childbirth scene to several women to gauge their reactions before the series premiered (pictured (Sian Brooke as Aemma and Paddy Considine as King Viserys)
Viserys is told by the Grand Maester (David Horovitch) that the child can survive through a medieval version of a C-section.
While Visesrys tells the Maester to…
