INTERVIEWER: What do you think a dragon smells like? And would you put up with that stink to ride a dragon?
EVE: Yeah, yes, I think it would probably smell like sort of wet, leathery, fishy kind of a smell. I don't— I think you'd always want to have a very big bath after you—
STEVE: Now that you said that, I have even more admiration for Corlys because he's having to put up with that.
Eve Best & Steve Toussaint + HotD S2 + IMDb Interview
"He has a playful nature with his wife — it's not seen in the realm, it’s not seen in the Small Council or anything like that. But there are moments in fact at least two scenes I can think of in season two where you get a hint of what they might have been like when they first met […] That was something I added and they built upon this idea that they’re still in love, and that’s something I like about Corlys."
— Steve Toussaint, on what’s important to him as a performer in developing Corlys’ backstory and personality traits.
Rhaenys Targaryen and Corlys Velaryon
2.03 | The Burning Mill
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON | Dir. Geeta Patel
Obviously the whole thing is gold but I wondered why there isn’t a montage of Maggie Smith being Maggie Smith in Nothing Like A Dame floating around so here it is.
CW: Olivier stinking up the joint in blackface but counterbalanced by Maggie relentlessly making fun of him so that’s something at least.