HBO ’s Game of Thrones set many of its stars on the path to fame , includingEmilia Clarke . Over eight season she played Daenerys Targaryen , becoming one of the show’smost memorable and controversial characters . Now that HBO has a prequel seriesfocusing on Dany ’s family , you ’d opine Clarke would be eagerly tuning in , correct ? Well … not exactly .
speak to Variety , she admit while she ’s thrilled for House of the Dragon ’s runaway winner — rake in viewers and , with its recentGolden Globewin for best TV drama , following in Thrones ’ awards - collecting footsteps — she has yet to watch her character ’s frequently reprehensible , extremely light-haired predecessors in action . “ Can you [ forgive me ] ? ” Clarke said . “ It ’s too uncanny . I ’m so felicitous it ’s happening . I ’m over the Sun Myung Moon about all the awards … I just ca n’t do it . It ’s so unearthly . It ’s so strange . It ’s kind of like someone saying , ‘ You desire to go to this school reunion that ’s not your year ? Want to go to that shoal reunion ? ’ That ’s how it feels . I ’m avoiding it . ”
Clarke is currently push her sci - fi movieThe Pod Generation at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival ; she ’ll remain unwaveringly in the nerd kingdom for her next TV project , too : Marvel ’s Secret Invasion serial publication , come later this year to Disney+ .
Emilia Clarke arrives at the 71st Emmy Awards on 4 December 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Emma McIntyre (Getty Images)
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