When you’re a young, unknown actress, you sometimes have to make these kinds of concessions to land an important role…
But as soon as Emilia Clarke changed status, becoming one of the pillars of the series, she immediately showed herself to be less docile.
“The pressure for me to undress was enormous at the beginning ,” reveals the actress.
She was 24 years old and the producers obviously wanted to exploit as much of her nudity as possible. Some of her nude appearances are completely free.
“But over time, I learned not to accept everything. I had big arguments with the director who told me, for example, to lower the sheet so that people could see my breasts. And I told him “No, the sheet stays where it is!” He tried every technique to convince me, he played on the heartstrings by saying “Think about your fans, you’re really going to disappoint them.” But I didn’t give in. I replied “Fuck you!”.
In retrospect, Emilia Clarke has bad memories of these nudity episodes, mainly because she was shocked by people’s comments on the Internet.
“After season 1, I saw what the fans were saying on the forums, and even some journalists, and it was violent and very mean. “She has a big ass, she’s a mess… Why is she getting naked like that, it’s degrading.” It was very hard. I was 24, I was a kid, I didn’t deserve this outpouring of hatred. »