Home of the Dragon star Fabian Frankel has restricted his feedback on Instagram after dealing with abuse on social media for his position as Sir Criston Cole within the hit HBO collection. Warning, there are spoilers forward for episodes one and two of season two.
In season two, episode two, Ser Criston Cole struggles with intense guilt following the demise of Aegon and Helena's youthful son, as he was engaged in an intimate relationship with Queen Alicent Hightower whereas his job was to guard the household.
As an alternative of taking duty for the error, he blames a member of his guard, Ser Eric, and sentences him to demise by ordering him to assault Rhaenyra on Dragonstone, disguised as his twin brother, who can be certainly one of Rhaenyra's guards. This plan in the end results in the deaths of each twins.
Whereas the storyline made viewers “hate” Sir Criston Cole, some followers trolled the actor himself over the storyline, resulting in lots of his followers coming to his defence.
One individual wrote: “Hello! I want to remind everybody to maintain the character and actor separate! Thanks,” whereas one other added: “I'm sorry HOTD followers are bothering you, you don't deserve any hate for enjoying a personality Fabian, I like you.”
A 3rd individual mentioned: “You haven’t any thought how irritated I’m with the individual you play however you’re charming and an awesome actor since you make me hate Sir Criston Cole.” One other fan wrote: “Please keep in mind to separate the character from the actor. Fabian did an excellent job taking part in Sir Criston Cole and deserves reward for that.”
Though Fabian has restricted feedback on his Instagram, he seems to take the reactions in stride, sharing a photograph with actors Luke and Elliot Tittensor, the twins who play Ser Eric and Ser Eric on the present, cheekily captioning it: “Sorry boys… love you.”
© HBONonetheless, on X, previously referred to as Twitter, followers of the present have loads to say about his character, with one posting: “Now Kristen right here is projecting her failures onto Sir Eric and sending him on suicide missions. I actually hate this man.” One other individual added: “Now Kristen right here is projecting her failures onto Sir Eric and sending him on suicide missions. I actually hate this man.”
A 3rd joked: “I'm attempting to battle Kristen Cole. If she has 1,000,000 haters, I'm certainly one of them. If she has ten haters, I'm certainly one of them. If she solely has one hater, it's me. If she has no haters, meaning I'm now not on Earth.”
Chatting with Leisure Weekly about his position, Fabian mentioned: “He's arrange as one factor all through, and because the present goes on, he alters lots. That's what was thrilling for me.
“He's arrange as this noble, good-hearted warrior out to guard Rhaenyra. And for individuals who have learn the ebook, he's not that in any means.”
