House of the Dragon's Phia Saban Addresses Helaena Book-to-Screen Changes

House of the Dragon star Phia Saban is weighing in on the significant changes made to her character, Helaena Targaryen, in the HBO adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood book. In the season 3 finale, a pregnant Helaena, who was being held captive by Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen — played by Emma D’Arcy — died by suicide upon realizing she and her unborn child would likely never be freed but used as pawns in the battle for the Iron Throne. In Martin’s Fire & Blood, Helaena is not pregnant when she throws herself from a window and impales herself on the spikes bel...

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