During House of the Dragon 2022 was on everyone’s lips and even with a Golden Globe as Best Drama Series was awarded, it is now 12 years since the first season of the main series game of Thrones flickered across the screen for the first time. The adaptation of the book series A Song of Ice and Fire by the American fantasy writer George RR Martin became one of the most successful television productions of all time and spawned numerous world stars. Next Kit Harrington (John Snow) Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) or Maisie Williams (Arya Stark), played himself above all Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryan into the hearts of the audience. But at first she apparently struggled with her role.
Game of Thrones: Emilia Clarke found filming scary
Emilia Clarke plays in the legendary hit series game of Thrones the initially inexperienced and shy Daenerys Targaryan, who develops into the dreaded dragon rider over the course of eight seasons and, as the queen of Westeros, rules over a vast empire. The British actress seems to have had a similar experience during the filming of Game of Thrones.
Like Emilia Clarke on the podcast “Armchair Expert” told, she found the filming of the first season in particular to be very disturbing and frightening. At the age of 23, she had just graduated from drama school and was ready to play the leading role in game of Thrones agreed without having read the script. When she finally found out that the fantasy series is full of violent excesses and sometimes drastic sex scenes, she realized that she had no experience of working naked in front of a film crew in corresponding scenes.
Game of Thrones: Emilia Clark and Jason Momoa break down in tears over sex scene
In the run-up to the sex scenes, she often cried. Retrospectively, she feels lucky to work with her co-star Jason Momoa. The star out Aquaman was not only very caring at the time, he would also have taken away her insecurity and given her a feeling of security.
In one particularly distressing scene between the two would have Jason Momoa even cried more than she did, says 36-year-old Emilia Clarke. “He was incredibly considerate and caring,” she clarifies. The actress can currently be seen in animated film Maurice the cat in the speaking role of the cat lover Mailicia in cinemas worldwide. The adaptation from the Discworld by Terry Pratchett starts in German cinemas on Thursday, February 09, 2023.
Source: Armchair Expert
