Since mobile phones were banned from the set of the HBO drama, the Khaleesi depicter wrote a daily journal to remember the final season.
- May 28, 2018
AceShowbiz - Emilia Clarke's final scenes on Game of Thrones really messed her up.
The actress, who plays Mother of Dragons Daenerys Targaryen on the HBO show, has already shot her character's final moments, which will be screened late next year (19), and she tells Vanity Fair that filming has had a long-term effect on her.
"It f**ked me up," Emilia says. "Knowing that is going to be a lasting flavour in someone's mouth of what Daenerys is... I'm doing all this weird s**t. You'll know what I mean when you see it."
Mobile phones were banned from the set of the fantasy drama, so Emilia took to writing a daily journal to remember the final season, and asked set photographer Helen Sloan to snap the occasional behind-the-scenes photo for her.
The 31-year-old has left the realms of the Seven Kingdoms and is currently starring in Solo: A Star Wars Story, alongside Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover. And she has ambitious plans to write and produce her own material in an effort to create new opportunities for other women in the industry.
However, she is worried people won't be able separate her from Daenerys Targaryen: 'It becomes harder to separate you from the role when you've been with it so long,' she admits.
Emilia had to ask Game of Thrones bosses David Benioff and D.B. Weiss for permission to delay filming the final season of the show so she could film Solo, and her request was granted almost immediately.
"Solo felt like a great fit that would let her show off her versatility,' Weiss and Benioff explained. 'Also, we figured she'd probably get to shoot a ray gun. Ray guns are something we just can't offer, unfortunately."
