The first episode of "House of the Dragon" is a must-watch.
The team wanted to make sure the birthing scene was not too violent.
He said that the response was no and that the response was if anything needed to be more.
There is an emotional climax to the series premiere of "House of the Dragon", which features a traumatic childbirth scene. The best way to approach that scene was discussed by the show's showrunners.
We made a point of showing it to as many women as we could, and asking if it was too violent for them. During a discussion with Popsugar and Metacritic, Sapochnik said. The response was unanimous. If anything, it needs to be more.
In the scene, King Viserys' wife Queen Aemma Targaryen is dying in the middle of childbirth, unable to push her baby out of her body. Viserys was told by the Grand Maester that Aemma and the baby would die. The baby will have a chance to survive if the mother is cut out.
The Grand Maester was told by Viserys to try the procedure because it will kill his wife. Aemma screamed in pain and terror as a bunch of people restrained her as the man began a Cesarean section. Viserys didn't warn her about the labor issues or tell her she was going to die.
There is a scene where Prince Daemon and Criston Cole are fighting outside of the castle and Aemma's abdomen is cut open. Blood gushed from the bed beneath Aemma as she died.
Viserys named their baby Baelon after their late father, but he died just hours later.
The most traumatic event that breaks the family apart was mentioned by the director. King Viserys needs a male heir at the beginning of "House of the Dragon" because the other options are his brother Prince Daemon or his daughter Rhaenyra.
The birth of a baby was supposed to be celebrated. The male heir for King Viserys is finally here.
Viserys' treatment of Aemma in her final minutes of life left the floor open for political maneuverings and buried family trauma.
When he showed the scene to the women, he felt like the lack of choice given to Aemma was important to highlight.
"We shouldn't be shying away from this thing because it's raising a point that seems to hit a realtrigger for women, which is this idea of choice," he said. She doesn't have the ability to make a decision. Her husband killed her. It's a good sign of the state of play in this world.
The team spent a long time making sure they were not glorifying it and that it felt real.
One of his editors had the idea of paralleling the fight at the same time.
The birthing bed is close to a battlefield, as we stated earlier in the episode. You have a good chance of survival. This was a good time to draw a parallel between the male and female struggles. Sometimes it's the person closest to her who's fighting for survival.
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