Fabien Frankel is recalling a hilarious run-in. ET spoke with the Dragon House actor in the show season 2 premieres on Monday, and he recounted the meeting The Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau before the prequel series premieres in August 2022.
“I met Nikolaj Coster-Waldau at a bar in Los Angeles about six months before it came out,” Frankel, 30, tells ET of the actor, who starred as Jaime Lannister in He picked up. “I kind of walked up to him, I was pretty drunk and I was like, ‘I’m at the show. I’m kind of like you in a weird way.’ I think he thought I was crazy and wasn’t telling the truth. He was very, very nice. He’s also so tall and I was like, ‘Wow, hi Nikolaj.’
While Coster-Waldau may not have recognized Frankel at the time, many celebrities expressed their love for his portrayal of Ser Criston Cole in Dragon House.
“Stormzy, who is a very famous British rapper, who is like a hero in England, I met him and he loves House of the Dragon, and I was incredibly moved,” Frankel said. “He had also just given one of the best speeches I’ve ever heard in the HQ Man of the Year Award, and then I saw him. Me and Milly (Alcock) were going up and then we ran into him. He was like, ‘Wow, wow, wow, wow!’ And we were like, ‘Wow, wow. What do you mean?’ Anyway, I told that story poorly, but it was amazing.”
Another “crazy” meeting occurred with Tom Holandawho said something “really nice” to Frankel.
“He came up to me, I was at the gym and he said, ‘I loved the show, man,’ and he punched me,” Frankel recalled. “I was like, ‘Thanks, Spider-Man.’ That was very good.”
As for what’s in store for Dragon House fans in season 2Frankel said that there is no shortage of actions to come.
“I was very lucky. Alan Taylor directed one of the episodes (I’m where) there’s some kind of battle… He’s wonderful. He’s here tonight,” Frankel said. “And I got to work with Freddie Fox, who plays Ser Gwayne Hightower. I think the fans will either love him or hate him, but I think they will love him.”
While the on-screen drama doesn’t offer much levity, Frankel said it’s very different behind the scenes of the show.
“Honestly, there are a lot of laughs. We have a very laughing cast… It’s a very mischievous scenario”, revealed Frankel. “Freddie Fox ran…at full speed on his horse about 500 meters in the middle of a take for no reason because I simply asked him to.”
2nd season of Dragon House premieres on HBO on June 16.
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