Emilia Clarke, best known for playing Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones, is explicit in saying she has no plans to feature in another fantasy genre show.
She spent eight years working on HBO’s global hit drama, and as she is set to feature in NBC’s espionage thriller Ponies, the actress tells The New York Times, “You’re highly unlikely to see me get on a dragon, or even in the same frame as a dragon, ever again.”
Meanwhile, given the reception the Game of Thrones finale received, Emilia somewhat shared the equal, if not more tumultuous, reaction to how her character met its end in the series.
The transformation from Mother of the Dragons to the Mad Queen was so abrupt in her words when she read the script, telling Entertainment Weekly, “What, what, what, WHAT!? Because it comes out of f****** nowhere. I’m flabbergasted. Absolutely never saw that coming.”
“I cried. And I went for a walk. I walked out of the house and took my keys and phone and walked back with blisters on my feet. I didn’t come back for five hours. I’m like, ‘How am I going to do this?’”
After reading the script, Emilia remembered calling her mom to vent about what she just read. “I called my mom and [told her], ‘I read the scripts and I don’t want to tell you what happens but can you just talk me off this ledge? It really messed me up,’”
“And then I asked my mom and brother really weird questions. They were like: ‘What are you asking us this for? What do you mean do I think Daenerys is a good person? Why are you asking us that question? Why do you care what people think of Daenerys? Are you OK?’”
Meanwhile, Emilia’s new series, Ponies, debuts on Peacock on Jan 15.
