The infamous Battle of Rook’s Rest was a turning point in the Dance of the Dragons, a brutal and devastating conflict that ravaged Westeros. Amidst the chaos and destruction, Aegon’s disfigured face became a symbol of the war’s horrors. We’ll delve into the making of Aegon’s prosthetic scars, a crucial aspect of the show’s visual effects. From the initial design to the application and removal process, we’ll explore how the hair and makeup team brought Aegon’s disfigured face to life, adding a new layer of depth to the character and the world of House of the Dragon.
Warnings about wearing prosthetics
Paddy Considine, who played Viserys in House of the Dragon, warned Tom Glynn-Carney, who plays Aegon, about the challenges of wearing prosthetics for Season 2. He likely shared his own experiences with prosthetics, which he wore to portray Viserys’s declining health and severe burns. Considine’s warning prepared him for what to expect and helped him prepare for the demands of wearing prosthetics to portray Aegon’s disfigured face in Season 2. Tom Glynn Carney in an interview with NME said,
“Yeah, that was the first time Paddy had to do it as well. Um but Paddy loves that sort of stuff, yeah he’s really into his Halloween and his fancy dress and some kind of that horror side of things he’s big into. Um, so he loved it, I mean it’s you know the wigs are probably the most tricky.”
Tom Glynn-Carney shares his experience
Tom Glynn-Carney recalled the unusual experience of having his eye sealed shut with a prosthetic piece, describing it as surreal. The sensation of being unable to open his eyes was strange and disorienting. Nevertheless, he praised the hair and makeup team’s exceptional skill and dedication to crafting Aegon’s disfigured appearance.
“The oddest thing about that was when the initial phase where the eye was shut and there was a prosthetic piece over my eye. My eyesight out of this site is quite poor anyway, so I was just kind of walking around bumping into those things and so Hannah, my amazing hair and makeup artist, was like my guide dog, she was dragging me around the place. yeah but that was the hardest thing and then they took the prosthetic off and then glued the eye shut with my actual eyelid shut and that was weird cuz you just couldn’t open it.”
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