But there I was in a fucking American hospital with drains coming out of my head, fully swollen, full of all the drugs they give you, and all I could think was, ‘please don’t recognise me, please don’t recognise me, please don’t recognise me.’” By then, Clarke and the cast were having to get to grips not just with being recognised, but the notion of fandom itself. The idea that the show, its storylines, characters and cast could in some way betray the viewer, or let them down personally. In a decade where TV became the prevailing medium, she was part of its biggest show, a phenomenon that helped shape the culture of fandom into what it is today. [90] She starred in an advertisement, which was directed by Matteo Garrone for the perfume. (RIGHT) Top and trousers MUGLER. [75][76] The film also starred Henry Golding, was written by Emma Thompson and directed by Paul Feig. [41], In addition to the television show, she lent her voice and likeness to the 2014 video game of the same name. Everybody has a huge journey in their 20s, largely because they get jobs and leave education, but for me there was the reaction to the show, and then… [the matter of] life and death.” In this brief time after filming season one and transmission, Clark suffered a catastrophic brain hemorrhage in the bathroom at the gym. [95] She auctioned a chance to watch an episode of Game of Thrones with her at the 2018 Sean Penn Charity Gala, which raised over $120,000 benefiting the J/P HRO & Disaster Relief Organizations. 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[52], In May 2013 Clarke was cast in a film adaptation of the novel The Garden of Last Days. The taxi drivers who take Emilia Clarke home often remark how close she lives to the former residence of Boris Johnson. What shall we do!?”. “I’d never heard of Game Of Thrones,” she admits. Clarke also appeared the 2009 production of Sense, co-produced by theatre company Company of Angels and Drama Centre London. A place had opened up for Clarke to fill. [14] After graduation, Clarke unsuccessfully applied to RADA, LAMDA, and Guildhall. I’d not had a bouji, arty upbringing. All jewellery BULGARI. And I was like, no, fuck this, not today, it’s not happening. I said, fuck this shit. Jessica Emile March 25, 2019 92 views. Related articles Emilia Clarke: Game of Thrones star addresses backstage 'hell' (LEFT) Top and trousers MUGLER. It was only in the third audition, on a stage in Los Angeles before an audience of HBO execs, that Clarke felt she could stop being scared, and fully embody the character of Daenerys, scourge of slave masters and, of course, mother of dragons. All jewellery BULGARI [61] For her role as Louisa Clark, she shared nominations with Sam Claflin for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Liplock and the MTV Television Tearjerker Award. [42] She also made a cameo appearance during Kit Harington's monologue on Saturday Night Live in April 2019. “I do feel like the brain hemorrhages are the literal, physical embodiment of what it is to be attacked on a social media,” Clarke says, “because I didn’t want to look anyone in the eye, and I didn’t want anyone to recognise me; I wanted to disappear completely, to wipe myself off the face of the earth, because I couldn’t handle the level of interaction. Clarke’s beloved breaker of chains had transformed into a genocidal maniac on dragonback, and the fandom wanted revising a fictional history that, for the best part of a decade, they’d been thrilled to be given, like handing back the bike they’d been gifted because they didn’t like the view from the mountain they’d scaled. [15] Daenerys is one of the last surviving members of House Targaryen who had ruled Westeros from the Iron Throne for nearly three hundred years prior to being ousted. [94] In August 2017, she became a patron of Open Door, a non-profit that aims to help young people gain access to drama school auditions. [49] The production, along with her performance, received mixed reviews from critics. I decided I’d work 18 hours a day, read everything there is to read, watch everything there is to watch.” Her doggedness paid off. She has also starred in the romantic films Me Before You (2016) and Last Christmas (2019). 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