ITV Corrie actor reacts as co-star appears in House of the Dragon after dramatic soap exit
The second series of House of the Dragon aired this month, with eagle-eyed fans spotting a familiar face from ITV's Coronation Street.
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The highly-anticipated second series of HBO’s House of the Dragon aired on Monday night, as fans returned to the land of Westeros. After a dramatic series finale in 2022, people were keen to see what was in store for the Targaryens and Hightowers.
However, as the episode kicked off, a Coronation Street star was seen in the opening scenes. James Craven, who played Aaron Sandford in the ITV soap, appeared in the Game of Thrones spin-off as a member of the Stark family.
Kicking off the show in Winterfell, viewers heard a voice-over explaining how people in the North chose men to become part of The Night’s Watch. As people drew stones out of a bag to decide who would join the watch, James’ character unfortunately chose the odd one out.
Picking out the black stone from the bag, he realised he would have to leave. During the scene, fans watched the former soap star leave his village behind to start his position at the wall.
It’s not yet known whether or not James will reappear in the popular series as, according to his IMDb page, his role is credited as Stark Night’s Watch Candidate.
Spotting James’ small cameo in House of the Dragon was his former Coronation Street co-star Jack James Ryan, who played Jacob Hay on the cobbles.
Sharing some snaps of him from the show on his Instagram stories, Jack wrote: “Everytime I turn on the telly I see bromeo and I’m really not mad about it [dragon and heart emoji]." (sic)
There also seemed to be a few people watching who spotted James’ role in the show.
@alanlambodublin joked: “Just spotted James Craven aka Aaron Sandford from @itvcorrie in #HouseoftheDragon This is what happens when you cross the Barlows, you get exiled to Westeros.” (sic)
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@Sleipmon4 added: “I'm not actually that interested in watching House of the Dragon, but I heard that Phill with Two L's (and Aaron) from Corrie are in it.” (sic)
However, James already had links to the HBO show as he recently starred in Netflix’s Geek Girl as Ollie alongside actress Emily Carey.
Emily Carey appeared in the first series of House of the Dragon as the younger portrayal of Alicent Hightower before the time jump in episode six.
James’ cameo in the series comes one year after he left his role as Aaron in Coronation Street.
The character, who initially was with Summer Spellman (Played by Harriet Bibby), got drunk and took advantage of her best friend Amy Barlow (Elle Mulvaney).
When Amy realised later on that she had been raped by Aaron, he insisted it was consensual, although, after weeks of denial, he apologised before fleeing with his dad Eric (Craig Cheetham)
Speaking about his exit at the time, James told RadioTimes: “It’s obviously very sad, it's been a lot of fun and I’ve really, really loved my time there. I met so many great people and I've made so many good friends for life. But I'm excited, I'm really, really excited to get on and go on and do other things."
House of Dragon is available to watch on Sky Atlantic and NOW.
