Emilia Clarke turned down 'Fifty Shades of Grey' because she felt pigeonholed by her 'Game of Thrones' n-d-ity
The actress could have starred in the trilogy that adapts the saga of novels written by E.L. James. The role eventually ended up in the hands of Dakota Johnson.
The Fifty Shades of Gray film trilogy could have been very different if one of today's most popular actresses had agreed to take part in it. Emilia Clarke, Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones, was one of the candidates to play Anastasia Steele on the big screen, but she rejected the role and did so for something specific in the HBO fiction that has just ended.
In an interview with THR, the actress acknowledged that, although she liked the "pretty" vision that director Sam Taylor-Johnson had of the first installment, she decided not to participate in the project because she felt pigeonholed by her n-dity. in Game of Thrones.
"The last time I was n-k-d on camera [in Game of Thrones] was a long time ago and it's the only question I've ever been asked because I'm a woman," she says. "It's very irritating and I'm tired because I did it for the character. I didn't do it so some guy could see my boobs, for God's sake," she adds.
"I did very little and I'm typecast for life, so if I said yes [to Fifty Shades], a movie where it's all about sensuality and sex and being n-k-d and all that stuff, I'd be like, 'No way am I going to do it.' to voluntarily get into it and then say to someone: 'No. You can't keep asking me that question, "he concludes. Finally, the leading role in the film saga that adapts the novels by E.L. James ended up in the hands of Dakota Johnson.
Like Daenerys, Clarke has appeared n-de on screen on a few occasions. The most recent of which was in season six, when the Mother of Dragons used fire to escape the Dothraki who had captured her.
Following the end of Game of Thrones, Clarke has two projects underway: the movie Above Suspicion about the first FBI agent convicted of murder, and the Paul Feig-directed Christmas comedy Last Christmas.
