 tragically loses his life after a terrifying game of chicken in the air initiated by his uncle, Prince Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell). After leaving Storm's End on his dragon Arrax, Lucerys is chased by Aemond on the older Targaryen's dragon Vhagar – who's known to be the biggest dragon alive and is almost two centuries old. In one particularly harrowing shot, Vhagar comes up behind Arrax, engulfing the smaller dragon in size before chomping down on the creature, biting Arrax in half and killing Lucerys as a result, much to Aemond's horror. The moment looks extremely reminiscent of a similar scene at the end of the first How To Train Your Dragon film, when Hiccup is flying on his dragon Toothless while being hunted by a monstrously huge dragon dubbed the Red Death. After fans spotted the undeniable parallels between the two scenes, director Greg Yaitanes confirmed the Dreamworks film did serve as inspiration for the pivotal moment in the series. — hylia | hotd spoilers (@taytaynations) October 24, 2022 Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, he said: 'In preparation, I watched the first How to Train Your Dragon because Roger Deakins was the visual consultant on that. So that, cinematically, was going to be really appealing.' Sir Roger Deakins worked on films including The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall and Blade Runner 2049, with the cinematographer winning two out of his 15 Oscar nominations for best cinematography. Greg admitted that he made some changes after spotting the similarities between the House of the Dragon chase scene and the How To Train Your Dragon ending, adding: 'How to Train Your Dragon definitely covered a lot of action sequences that you didn't want to be in comparison to.' The animated film){kind=link}
If you thought a particular scene in the House of the Dragon finale bore similarities to the animated classic How To Train Your Dragon… then you’d be right on the money.
In the final episode of the Game of Thrones prequel, Prince Lucerys Velaryon (Elliot Grihault) tragically loses his life after a terrifying game of chicken in the air initiated by his uncle, Prince Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell).
After leaving Storm’s End on his dragon Arrax, Lucerys is chased by Aemond on the older Targaryen’s dragon Vhagar – who’s known to be the biggest dragon alive and is almost two centuries old.
In one particularly harrowing shot, Vhagar comes up behind Arrax, engulfing the smaller dragon in size before chomping down on the creature, biting Arrax in half and killing Lucerys as a result, much to Aemond’s horror.
The moment looks extremely reminiscent of a similar scene at the end of the first How To Train Your Dragon film, when Hiccup is flying on his dragon Toothless while being hunted by a monstrously huge dragon dubbed the Red Death.