Emilia Clarke would ‘fight back’ against Game of Thrones makers over Daenerys’ villainous twist: ‘Don’t tell me what to do with my girl’

Actor Emilia Clarke has given a number of indications that she wasn’t absolutely on board with the path her Game of Thrones character, Daenerys Targaryen was despatched within the present’s ultimate season. Daenerys, whose transformation right into a cold-hearted villain divided the fanbase, was performed by Emilia in all eight seasons of the hit HBO drama.

With the discharge of the guide Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon: Game of Thrones and the Official Untold Story of the Epic Series, new anecdotes in regards to the present are coming to gentle. An excerpt shared by WinterIsComing.internet reveals that Emilia pushed again towards sure selections made by showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss.

“There was a number of times I was like, ‘Why are you giving me that note?’ While I am quite consistently a ‘How can I help?’ kind of person, there were a few moments where I was like, ‘Don’t tell me what to do with my girl. I know what to do!’ It’s like Daenerys’s calling card became cold expressionlessness. I always wanted to infuse that with some humanity because no one’s consistently like that. I would sometimes fight back a little: ‘I get that she has to be steely and unforgiving and a powerful force. But in this moment she’s also a goddam human being. So I’m going to give you that and I really pray that you take that in the edit.’”

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Emilia had beforehand advised The Sunday Times in an interview, “I knew how I felt [about the ending] when I first read it, and I tried, at every turn, not to consider too much what other people might say. But I did always consider what the fans might think — because we did it for them, and they were the ones who made us successful, so it’s just polite, isn’t it?” and continued later, saying, “It was all about the set pieces. I think the sensational nature of the show was, possibly, given a huge amount of airtime because that’s what makes sense.”

Speaking about Dany’s transformation from a heroic determine to a villainous one, the actor added, “Yeah, I felt for her. I really felt for her. And yeah, was I annoyed that Jon Snow didn’t have to deal with something? He got away with murder — literally.”

Game of Thrones concluded its run with a poorly acquired ultimate season in 2019. However, the season acquired 32 nominations on the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, essentially the most for a single season of tv in historical past. It gained 12, together with one for Outstanding Drama Series.

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