'Awards Chatter' Podcast — Emilia Clarke ('Game of Thrones' & 'Solo: A Star Wars Story')
Miller Mobley
The British actress, best known for playing Daenerys on TV's most acclaimed show, opens up about striking gold with and learning to navigate her first professional role, why she's sick of talking about her nude scenes, what led her to turn down 'Fifty Shades of Grey' but do 'Solo: A Star Wars Story,' plus more.
"I'm pretty fatalistic about this industry," says the actress Emilia Clarke — who is best known as one of the most fascinating and beloved characters in TV history, Game of Thrones' Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, rightful heir to the Iron Throne, rightful Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, the Mother of Dragons, the Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, the Breaker of Chains — as we sit down at the offices of The Hollywood Reporter to record an episode of THR's "Awards Chatter" podcast. "I think that what's doing so good today maybe isn't gonna do so good tomorrow, so why not grab it with both hands and live it?"
That outlook explains why the 31-year-old — who has been starring on HBO's massively acclaimed fantasy drama series since its debut in 2011, and received best supporting actress in a drama series Emmy nominations in 2013, 2015 and 2016 as well as Critics’ Choice nominations in 2013 and 2016 — pushes herself so hard even during the five months of each year when she is not working on the show. She has spent her hiatuses acting on Broadway, in Breakfast at Tiffany’s in 2013, and in movies, such as 2015’s Terminator Genisys and a little one coming out on May 25 that you may have heard about, Solo: A Star Wars Story.
"I want to just try to do everything to figure out what bits I really like and what bits I really don't like," she explains, "so when I'm older I can feel a bit more secure in going, 'No, you know what, I know what it is I like, I know what it is that I don't, I know that I'm ready for this or I know that I'm ready to actually do something completely different. I mean, that's never gonna happen — I'm just kind of addicted to it."
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