The Game of Thrones tell-all book, Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon by James Hibberd has been the source of a lot of interesting stories from behind the scenes of the show. One actor who was very disappointed with the portrayal of her character was Emilia Clarke (Daenerys), and she has revealed in the book that she would ‘fight back' when it comes to humanizing the Mother of Dragons.
In an excerpt spotted by WinterisComing.net, Clarke shared:
There was a number of times I was like, "Why are you giving me that note?" While I am quite consistently a "How can I help?" kind of person, there were a few moments where I was like, "Don't tell me what to do with my girl. I know what to do!" It's like Daenerys's calling card became cold expressionlessness. I always wanted to infuse that with some humanity because no one's consistently like that. I would sometimes fight back a little: "I get that she has to be steely and unforgiving and a powerful force. But in this moment she's also a goddam human being. So I'm going to give you that and I really pray that you take that in the edit.
With Daenerys spending the past seven seasons being a savior, it was a real punch in the face to fans (and Clarke) when she had to suddenly become the final villain in the last season—and this is a season that contained the Night King and Cersei Lannister.
No doubt, Clarke has always been vocal about her displeasure with how Daenerys' character went down, and fans have been relentlessly angry at David Benioff and D.B. Weiss for more than a year.
Though Thrones may be done, I don't doubt that HBO would be looking to revisit the main storyline once the books are finally finished. In the meantime, we can look forward to more Targaryen's when House of the Dragon comes out on HBO sometime in 2022.
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