The Mother of Dragons cannot fairly convey herself to observe HBO’s hit “Game of Thrones” prequel “House of the Dragon” — despite the fact that it is all about Daenerys Targaryen’s ancestors. In a current interview with Variety, Emilia Clarke revealed why she hasn’t tuned in to the sequence, despite the fact that she’s completely rooting for everybody concerned.
“It’s too bizarre. I’m so comfortable it is occurring,” Clarke defined. “I’m over the moon about all of the awards . . . I simply can’t do it. It’s so bizarre. It’s so unusual.”
She continued, “It’s sort of like somebody saying, ‘You wish to go to this faculty reunion that is not your 12 months? Want to go to that faculty reunion?’ That’s the way it feels. I’m avoiding it.”
Clarke is not the one “GoT” star who’s hesitant to observe a brand new group of actors fire up drama in Westeros simply but. In a 2021 interview with the Associated Press, Kit Harington expressed reservations about tuning in to “House of the Dragon” forward of the present’s premiere.
“There’s emotion linked to that for me,” he stated of “GoT.” “I feel to see folks get into outfits and costumes that resemble what we wore for all these years, and it [has] the identical music and magnificence and tone, however not be in it’s at all times going to really feel — there’s going to be a rawness there.”
Harington added that he nonetheless deliberate to observe “House of the Dragon” in help of coshowrunner Miguel Sapochnik. “Of course, I’m going to observe it, and I’m going to help Miguel, who’s helming the present,” he added. “I want all of them the most effective, nevertheless it’s so near my coronary heart, that story, that, after all, there may be a little bit of ache there.”
Even although Clarke and Harington have not turn into “House of the Dragon” superfans, the “GoT” prequel is a licensed hit. In addition to bringing in spectacular scores for HBO, the sequence additionally nabbed the finest drama award on the Golden Globes.
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