Steve Toussaint: ‘House of the Dragon fans thought I was dating my co-star’

Steve Toussaint was thrown straight into the action at the start of House of the Dragon season 3 (Picture: HBO)

‘History does not remember blood, it remembers names.’

House of the Dragon fans will certainly never forget the name Corlys Velaryon. Played by Steve Toussaint, the Sea Snake is a force to be reckoned with on the ocean, and is the Hand of Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy).

But he hasn’t had an easy road, to say the least. Tragedy has continually befallen House Velaryon, with Corlys suffering the death of his daughter, the supposed death of his son, and the death of his wife, Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best), ...