Viserys Targaryen
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A Song of Ice and Fire character Game of Thrones character |
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Harry Lloyd as Viserys Targaryen
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| First appearance |
Novel: A Game of Thrones (1996) Television: "Winter Is Coming" (2011) |
| Last appearance |
Novel; A Game of Thrones (1996) Television; "A Golden Crown" (2011) |
| Created by | George R. R. Martin |
| Portrayed by |
Harry Lloyd (Game of Thrones) |
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| Aliases | The Beggar King |
| Gender | Male |
| Family | House Targaryen |
| Relatives |
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| Kingdom | The Crownlands |
Viserys Targaryen is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.
Introduced in 1996's A Game of Thrones, Viserys (along with his younger sister, Daenerys) is one of the last confirmed members of House Targaryen who, until fifteen years before the events of the first novel, ruled on the Iron Throne for nearly three hundred years.
Viserys is portrayed by Harry Lloyd in the HBO television adaptation.
Viserys Targaryen is the youngest son of Aerys II Targaryen, also known as The Mad King.
Viserys Targaryen is not a point of view character in the novels, so his actions are witnessed and interpreted through the eyes of his sister Daenerys.
Harry Lloyd on Viserys Targaryen:
As soon as I looked into more of the history of the Targaryen family and actually read the other books, I found out more and pieced together his backstory, and he became sympathetic. I understood more what motivated him, and the fear he had, and the responsibility he had, and his childishness. I mean, he never really had a parent. That changed a lot my view from reading it to playing it.
Lloyd on his character’s death scene:
I've never had to die on camera before, let alone in such a grisly way. So you just have to kind of give it everything. You talk to the two actors holding you and say, ‘Let's not pansy around here. I'm gonna absolutely try and get out of this, so don't let me.' Then, you let it rip. It can't be some sort of half-assed whimpering – you've got to really believe the pain and the fear. It's actually quite liberating.
Lloyd has received positive reviews for his role as Viserys in the TV-series.
Viserys Targaryen is the second born son of Aerys II Targaryen. Thirteen years before the events of the series, he and his sister Daenerys fled Westeros to escape death at the hands of rebel Robert Baratheon. Viserys is an arrogant, cruel and ambitious man given to violent mood swings. In A Game of Thrones, he sells his sister as a wife to the Dothraki Khal Drogo, as a means to secure the allegiance of Drogo's army toward his goal of reclaiming the throne. Frustrated with Drogo, Viserys demands a crown and threatens Daenerys and her unborn child; Drogo kills him by pouring a pot of molten gold over his head.
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