House of the Dragon star Paddy Considine on his unspoken respect with Mobland co-star Tom Hardy

He’s going from the family patriarch to a wayward son. British actor Paddy Considine, who starred as King Viserys Targaryen in the “Game of Thrones” spinoff “House of the Dragon,” co-stars in the new Paramount+ show “MobLand” along with Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren. On Friday, Paramount announced that “MobLand” broke records as their biggest global series launch ever, drawing 2.2 million viewers on premiere day.“I’m the little kid in the family, even though I’m a grown man.He’s trying to get his dad’s attention and affection on some level and to gain some kind of responsibility, but his dad doesn’t see him that way,” Considine, 51, exclusively told The Post. In a marked change from “House of the Dragon,” where King Viserys was in charge, Considine said about his “MobLand” character, “Kevin’s a character that’s fighting for his voice within that family dynamic.” “MobLand” (now streaming on Paramount+ with new episodes out Sundays) follows a British crime family.

There’s patriarch Conrad Harrigan (Pierce Brosnan), his wife Maeve (Helen Mirren), his son Kevin (Considine) and Kevin’s own troublemaker son, Eddie (Anson Boon).Holding it all together is the family’s fixer, Harry Da Souza (Tom Hardy). Even though Considine and Hardy, 47, were both on the hit British gangster drama “Peaky Blinders,” they didn’t overlap. “I never met Tom on ‘Peaky,’ but I’ve met Tom a few times over the years, and I went down to his house years ago, and spent the day with him,” Considine explained.

“But [‘MobLand’] was a good opportunity to get back in the ring with him.”He added, “Sometimes you meet people and there’s an unspoken history, and an unspoken sort of respect.There was sort of an unspoken thing between us.” That may be the case for the actors, but not for their characters. Harry is more active in the Harrigan family, and talks to Conrad more.

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