Regardless of enjoying Sport of Thrones‘ Daenerys Targaryen, one among fantasy’s most iconic characters, Emilia Clarke won’t be returning to the style. She portrayed Daenerys from 2011-2019, with the character’s transformation into the “Mad Queen” being some of the divisive elements of Sport of Thrones‘ ending.
Whereas talking with The New York Occasions, Clarke shared that she is completed with the fantasy style, remarking that “You’re extremely unlikely to see me get on a dragon, and even in the identical body as a dragon, ever once more.”
Clarke has spoken candidly earlier than about her ideas on the Sport of Thrones finale earlier than, acknowledging that “I get why folks had been pissed.” On the similar time, she clarified that as an actor, “you’ll be able to’t do justice to the character that you just poured your blood, sweat, and tears into for a decade with out getting on the identical web page,” which she did in her efficiency, no matter how she felt about it.
Outdoors of Sport of Thrones, which was her breakout position, Emilia Clarke’s motion pictures and reveals embody Solo: A Star Wars Story, the romantic drama Me Earlier than You, the romantic comedy Final Christmas, the sci-fi movie The Pod Era, the Marvel Cinematic Universe sequence Secret Invasion, and the animated film The Twits. She additionally starred in a stage manufacturing of The Seagull in London.
Clarke continues to diversify her profession with Peacock’s Ponies, a spy thriller present releasing all eight episodes on January 15. She performs Bea, who, together with Twila (Haley Lu Richardson), turns into a CIA operative after their husbands are mysteriously killed. The story is about in 1977 Moscow and is Clarke’s first main position in a sequence since Sport of Thrones.
In her dialog with The New York Occasions, she admitted questioning the prospect of enjoying a tv lead once more, as she “know[s] what that dedication appears like.” Ponies co-creators Susanna Fogel and Davis Iserson helped make her really feel comfy by giving her the selection of enjoying Bea or Twila, which made Clarke really feel as if “they had been giving me a voice, which does not all the time occur.”
Regardless that Clarke says she’s completed with the fantasy style, the franchise she helped make a well-liked tradition phenomenon continues to increase, with quite a few Sport of Thrones spinoffs being launched, in growth, or rumored. In 2026 alone, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms debuts, adopted later within the 12 months by Home of the Dragon season 3.
George R.R. Martin, who wrote the supply materials Sport of Thrones is predicated on, has additionally teased “a sequel or two” in growth. This has led to hypothesis a few potential sequel the place Daenerys is resurrected and Clarke reprises the position, however none of that is confirmed. Clarke’s remarks additionally make it clear that even when it had been to occur, she would not be thinking about enjoying the Mom of Dragons once more and using Drogon as soon as extra.
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2011 – 2019-00-00
- Showrunner
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David Benioff, D.B. Weiss
- Administrators
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David Nutter, Alan Taylor, D.B. Weiss, David Benioff