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MATT SMITH ‘THIS is DAUNTING!’

Matt Smith’s resume is brimming with roles aspiring actors could only dream of – from Doctor Who to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and voicing beloved children’s character Superworm. But landing the creepy Prince Daemon Targaryen in the new Game of Thrones spin-off series, House of the Dragon, might be the 39-year-old Brit’s greatest – and most lucrative – gig yet. Here, Smith reveals the pressures of pleasing diehard Game of Thrones fans and the ordeal he went through to go blond...

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