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Before ‘House of the Dragon,’ Matt Smith Almost Found Fame in Another Arena · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Before Matt Smith won
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Speaker 1: fans over with his portrayal of the brooding and mysterious
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Speaker 1: Damon on House of the Dragon is Prince Philip on
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Speaker 1: the Crown and it's doctor who himself. Matt dreamt of
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Speaker 1: winning over fans in a very different way in the
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Speaker 1: Arena soccer stadium. That was a highly talented footballer growing
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Speaker 1: up in the UK and had his sight set on
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Speaker 1: professional soccer. Effect when he started falling in love with acting,
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Speaker 1: he hit it. He tells Riety. I was quite embarrassed
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Speaker 1: at first, but I was doing it and that people
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Speaker 1: were actually coming to see it. But Matt unfortunately injured
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Speaker 1: his back during a game seriously enough that he had
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Speaker 1: to rethink his future. He says, my love affair with
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Speaker 1: football had become problematic. All those dreams, the bridges that
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Speaker 1: I had built were just blown up. But acting felt
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Speaker 1: easy to release, and I could do it quite naturally.
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Speaker 1: The turning point came when Matt was cast in a
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Speaker 1: high school production of the classic play Twelve Angry Men,
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Speaker 1: and that Shane he felt for his new passion turned
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Speaker 1: to pride. You can catch him in season two House
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Speaker 1: of the Dragon out Sunday on Max Yes direct from
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Speaker 1: Hollywood