When it comes to HBO’s House of the Dragon , George R.R. Martin is not afraid to share his thoughts on it.
Earlier this fall, in fact, he really aired his HOTD grievances in a blog post that is now deleted. Now, HBO and Max’s Chairman and CEO Casey Bloys has addressed the author’s criticisms as well as the network's relationship with him. At a press presentation, Bloys was asked about Martin’s criticisms, and he responded (via Variety ) by keeping things positive while admitting that “like any marriage, sometimes it gets rocky:” We love George.
Obviously, I will say George and ‘Game of Thrones’ really changed the course of HBO. So I want him to be happy. He’s very important to me, to us.
But when we put shows together, you know, you’re putting a marriage together and marriages can be difficult, especially when Ryan is making creative decisions, adapting work. It can be fraught, and like any marriage, sometimes it gets rocky. For context, in Martin’s blog post, he wrote about how much he disliked the show for not including the youngest child of Aegon and Helaena, Maelor.
It was a long post, and it was clear the author was upset about the omission. Meanwhile, in the past, showrunner Ryan Condal has been clear about the challenges of adapting this project, noting that when they are transitioning Fire & Blood from page to screen they do a lot of “coloring in the lines that we’re given..
.and a lot of that color is admittedly our own.” Now, on top of his.