{"id":9912,"date":"2026-05-29T20:36:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=9912"},"modified":"2026-05-30T08:55:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T05:25:26","slug":"emilia-clarke-says-she-had-no-control-over-daenerys-character-or-fate-on-game-of-thrones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/emilia-clarke-says-she-had-no-control-over-daenerys-character-or-fate-on-game-of-thrones\/","title":{"rendered":"Emilia Clarke Says She Had No Control Over Daenerys&#8217; Character or Fate on Game of Thrones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke has discussed having no control over her character Daenerys Targaryen&#8217;s storyline, dialogue or eventual fate \u2014 including in the series&#8217; polarizing finale.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Speaking to Variety, Clarke said she &#8220;didn&#8217;t have any creative input&#8221; on her role, though hadn&#8217;t sought out any either, believing she was &#8220;not qualified.&#8221; Still, she noted that the series&#8217; showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss had been &#8220;fastidious&#8221; that actors stuck to their scripts, with retakes necessary for even small differences \u2014 such as if she said &#8220;it&#8217;s&#8221; instead of &#8220;it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;Aside from what I brought as an actor, I didn&#8217;t have any creative input, nor did I want any,&#8221; Clarke said, answering again with a flat &#8220;no&#8221; when asked if she could have altered Daenerys&#8217; ultimate fate \u2014 an ending that many fans disliked.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">8 Shows to Watch if You Liked Game of Thrones<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\">&lt;img alt=&quot;Now &#8212; yes, despite how the saga ended &#8212; the hunt is on for a successor to Game of Thrones. HBO&#039;s already got their ace lined up in the form of an actual Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon. But you still may be looking for more shows that feature high stakes, vast geography, large ensembles, big battle sequences, and perhaps a touch of magical mayhem. We&#039;ve compiled a quick list of eight shows you can check out right now if you want a sprawling drama filled with twists, turns, secrets, and shadows. <\/p>\n<p \/>\nAnd no, not all of them are set in the type of fantasy world you&#8217;re thinking of. We&#8217;ve got bootleggers, pirates, space detectives, and more!<br \/>\n&#8221; decoding=&#8221;async&#8221; class=&#8221;progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity&#8221; loading=&#8221;lazy&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/emilia-clarke-says-she-had-no-control-over-daenerys-character-or-fate-on-game-of-thrones.gif&#8221; data-cy=&#8221;progressive-image&#8221;&gt;<span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Game of Thrones&#8217; final episodes see her character suddenly turn from a hero \u2014 who has just defeated an undead army and looks set to save the Seven Kingdoms from Lannister rule \u2014 to a city-burning conqueror. In a tragic twist, she is ultimately stopped by her lover Jon Snow. Her lifeless body is then carried away by her dragon \u2014 and that&#8217;s that.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">[Benioff and Weiss] were &#8220;fastidious about us saying the lines exactly as they\u2019ve written them,&#8221; Clarke continued. &#8220;I was given the seasons, and I, to the best of my ability, empathized and understood and tracked every choice she made so it felt like mine. I felt like that was what my job was.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Clarke&#8217;s former Game of Thrones co-star Kit Harington previously said that mistakes were made in the show&#8217;s controversial ending, but he was &#8220;not sure there was any alternative&#8221; as the series&#8217; cast and crew were exhausted following almost a decade of production. &#8220;I think if there was any fault with the end of Thrones, is that we were all so f***ing tired, we couldn&#8217;t have gone on longer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Ultimately, Clarke said that she was now &#8220;grateful&#8221; for the experience of playing Daenerys, which catapulted her to stardom and has since landed her roles in numerous other TV series and movies.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;I have gone through every circuitous route to get to the place that I am now, which is finally being able to be very grateful for everything that Game of Thrones did and has given me,&#8221; Clarke concluded. &#8220;I no longer feel trapped in it, or trapped in the result of being in it. I feel just really lucky that it happened to me \u2014 even luckier that I&#8217;ve had time to understand what that was, and now I feel firmly on the other side.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In January, Clarke admitted feeling &#8220;really pissed&#8221; at the expert who developed Game of Thrones&#8217; fictional languages, after reading that he thought her Dothraki pronounciation &#8220;sucked.&#8221; David J. Peterson, who HBO hired as a full-time linguist on its hit fantasy show, subsequently responded to Clarke&#8217;s comments, saying that the actress had misunderstood what he meant, and that she &#8220;never had to be good at it,&#8221; as his intention had never been that Daenerys Targaryen would speak Dothraki flawlessly.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The same month, Clarke said she was likely finished working on fantasy projects after spending nine years as Daenerys, telling the New York Times it was &#8220;highly unlikely&#8221; viewers would see her &#8220;get on a dragon, or even in the same frame as a dragon, ever again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"poll-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"><\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Image credit: Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Tom Phillips is IGN&#8217;s News Editor. 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