Emilia Clarke describes the mid-2010s as a period of major visibility followed by repeated disappointments in film and television. After starring as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones, she took on roles in other franchises, including Terminator: Genisys, Solo, and Marvel’s Secret Invasion, which received poor reception. She says losing an Emmy to Jodie Comer was a significant moment and that she once had a 13-year-old’s idea of success. She frames the franchise outcomes as results of entering already established properties, so she does not take them personally. She also defends Game of Thrones showrunners, saying they did not seek her creative input and were strict about line delivery, while acknowledging it took time to process the show’s later backlash.
"Today, Clarke tells Variety that she's "embarrassed to admit" how losing the Emmy to Jodie Comer for Killing Eve was a "significant thing." "Everyone's over Game Of Thrones now-you're old news," she thought to herself. The next morning, she admitted to herself that she had "a 13-year-old's idea of success." Her candor for those failures appears genuine in the self-deprecating way she discusses them."
"" Secret Invasion, I don't think anyone liked that show, guys. I'm sorry! [...] Star Wars? They didn't like it. Terminator? That should never have happened. But these were jobs I said yes to, you know what I mean?" Clarke explains that she "entered into already existing franchises," so she doesn't take it personally when they don't work out. She just needed to say "No" more often."
"As for Game Of Thrones, she continues to defend her showrunners, Dave Benioff and D.B. Weiss ("geniuses"), who, "aside from what [she] brought as an actor," didn't give her any creative input on the character, "nor did [she] want any." Clarke was too green to get in their way, and they were "fastidious about us saying the lines exactly as they've written them." If she switched "it is" to "it's," they'd make her do another take."
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