The second season of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will seemingly embody a book-accurate Ser Duncan the Tall element that season 1 skipped.
The latest Recreation of Thrones spinoff has made a really profitable debut, averaging 13 million viewers per episode, in keeping with MovieWeb. Throughout a BAFTA interview, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner Ira Parker and star Peter Claffey talked about having a “trustworthy adaptation” to George R. R. Martin’s unique work being precedence primary, and the way this pertains to Ser Duncan’s (Claffey) hair.
Relating to the present’s faithfulness to the Dunk and Egg novellas, Claffey says: “I really feel like apart from Dunk not having lengthy hair, it is fairly bang on.“ Parker added, “Yeah, proper. However now—“ gesturing to Claffey’s lengthy hair. Claffey joked that he “did not lower [his] hair… with fingers crossed in hopes that we bought to do it once more.“
Within the supply materials, Dunk is described as having thick, shaggy hair, which is “sun-streaked in the summertime.” This provides to his tough and humble silhouette in comparison with a number of the extra polished knights and aristocrats. Parker goes on to say within the interview: “It was crucial to have a trustworthy adaptation. I feel George mentioned that phrase to me about seven instances within the first three minutes of our assembly in Santa Fe.”
Parker mentioned in a earlier A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms interview with ScreenRant that they made season 1 six 30-minute episodes to protect the core of the 100-page novella. The story has a transparent starting, center, and finish, and from there, they fleshed out characters like Lyonel Baratheon (Daniel Ings), whereas exploring Dunk and Egg’s (Dexter Sol Ansell) relationship.
Within the Recreation of Thrones universe, a trustworthy adaptation has turn into a loaded promise, partly as a result of the unique collection hit a degree the place it needed to construct the story past the revealed books. Even years earlier than the present ended, protection was already debating the looming query of what occurs when the TV collection outpaces the remaining supply materials.
The primary Recreation of Thrones spinoff, Home of the Dragon, offers with this differently because it adapts a supposed historic textual content with contested accounts, fairly than a standard narrative. Home of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal has described their strategy to Leisure Tonight as making an attempt to render George R. R. Martin’s historical past as faithfully as doable, whereas nonetheless acknowledging the sensible calls for of TV storytelling.
In regards to the story of The Hedge Knight, Parker and Claffey’s informal feedback recommend that they’d go for Dunk having longer hair in season 2, displaying that the present is prepared to course-correct on one thing followers immediately affiliate with the guide model of Ser Duncan the Tall. It additionally reinforces Parker’s insistence that the workforce is consistently serious about what feels and is genuine.
With HBO already confirming A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 2 and the collection shifting ahead into the occasions of The Sworn Sword, the adjustment additionally hints at the place Duncan’s story goes subsequent. The second novella locations him on the highway for an extended time and nearer to the lifetime of a wandering hedge knight. If the most important early distinction was Duncan’s look, this turning into extra book-accurate is an enormous sign that the present will proceed to align with Martin’s story.
The A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 1 finale shall be launched on HBO and HBO Max on February 22, 2026.
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January 18, 2026
- Community
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HBO
- Showrunner
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Ira Parker
- Administrators
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Owen Harris
- Writers
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George R. R. Martin, Ira Parker
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Peter Claffey
Ser Duncan ‘Dunk’ the Tall
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