Emilia Clarke confesses that she felt pressured to shoot 'Game of Thrones'
The actress played Daenerys Targaryen for eight seasons and starred in several such sequences: "The first season was what it was."
Game of Thrones said goodbye for good on May 19, but it still continues to speak and, of course, its protagonists continue to answer numerous questions related to the series as they continue with their careers. The actress who played Daenerys Targaryen for eight seasons, Emilia Clarke, has spoken about her scenes during the Armchair Expert podcast, hosted by Dax Shepard.
The first season was what it was. There were many [Emilia Clarke]
Clarke has confessed that she came to feel pressure to appear in scenes that she did not want to do, especially in the first season: "First I took the job. Then they sent me the scripts." As she explains on the podcast, the actress also felt at the time that she was not in a position to complain, so she went ahead with it: "She was fresh out of drama school and I took it as a job; if it's in the script. then it is necessary ".
Luckily, the actress has fond memories of her partner in most of these scenes. In fact, on numerous occasions the former Targaryen and the actor who played Khal Drogo, Jason Momoa, have shown that they have a special relationship. According to Clarke, on the set Momoa made sure she could have a robe to wear between takes:
He took care of me in an environment where he did not know that he needed to be taken care of ... it is now that I realize how lucky I was with that
However, as her character evolved in fiction, the compromised scenes diminished and the actress remembers the last scene she shot , in season six: “When I did the last scene in the series I said to myself: 'This it belongs to me. This is mine. They have asked me to do it, and you know what? I'm going to play. "
HBO, the platform in charge of the hit fiction has declined to comment on the matter. However, Emilia's problems with the scenes have not been limited exclusively to the HBO series, but she has also had pressure on other projects. Of course, she has already learned to defend herself if she considers it necessary:
I've had fights on film sets before where I said: 'The sheet stays up' and they said 'You don't want to disappoint your fans in' Game of Thrones 'to which I replied:'
