Season two finale director Geeta Vasant Patel says there’s more Top Gun and Mission: Impossible in the world of Westeros than you’d think. Geeta Vasant Patel has a little secret about House of the Dragon , the prequel to Game of Thrones that’s concluding its second season on Sunday. One of the episodes she directed - the third one - drew inspiration from a pair of Tom Cruise franchises.
In fact, one of the show’s characters is, according to Patel, the Westeros version of Maverick from Top Gun . During the third episode, titled The Burning Mill , there’s a scene in which the character Baela chases a group of men into the forest while riding a dragon. The scene, though quick and attention-grabbing, took some heavy thinking to get right, Patel says.
In fact, the crew, including showrunner Ryan Condal, asked questions such as: How fast is the dragon moving? How long can the dragon keep up with the men and how long can the men evade the dragon? What kind of dragon pilot is Baela? You know, logistical stuff. Top Gun answered their questions..
