How does one prepare to limn a dictator ? By watching a dictator , of course of study . So whenGame of ThronesactorEmilia Clarkefound out that her character would give a delivery to her ground forces after her victory over Cersei Lannister — which involved burningKing ’s Landingto the ground and killing many of its innocent civilian — in the show’sseason close , she toldVarietythat she used material - animation rulers to aid her get into part .
" In giving all these speeches in fake languages , I look out a flock of videos of — now it seems shady — dictators and potent leaders speaking a different spoken language to see if I could understand what they were saying without knowing the language , " Clarke allege . " And you’re able to ! You perfectly can read what Hitler ’s f***ing say , these single - focus orators speaking a foreign language . So I thought , ' If I can believe every single word of honor I ’m saying , the audience wo n’t need to be looking at the subtitles too much . ' "
The scene is a significant part of Daenerys ’s shift , and the pressure to nail the lines matter heavy on Clarke .
“ I ’ve had a lot of Dothraki , Valyrian , fake language to see , and I ’ve had a lot of speeches to give , but I put so much pressure on myself with this [ aspect ] , ” Clarke said . “ Any actor will tell you the days on lot are farseeing and then you go home and do your homework , which is learning your lines for the next day . This is learn a fake language on top of that ! It almost killed me . ”
The 32 - class - old actress explain that she was rehear her bloodline to everyone and everything for about two months , and it terminate up paying off .
“ Then the weirdest thing go on — I walked on set , did n’t want a rehearsal , and I got through the whole affair sodding on the first go . The rest of the daylight it was like Daenerys was just with me , ” Clarke recalled . “ That ’s the only prison term I get through that speech without getting anything wrong , when it was on television camera . If you had ask me to do it the next day , I ’d already forgotten it . ”
As for her theatrical role ’s turn of events from would - be ledgeman of the wheel to tragical scoundrel , ClarketoldEntertainment Weeklythat " after 10 years of work on this show , it ’s logical . Where else can she go ? I hear to conceive what the ending will be . It ’s not like she ’s suddenly go to go , ‘ Okay , I ’m gon na put a kettle on and put cooky in the oven and we ’ll just model down and have a lovely clock time and belt down a few nestling out . ’ That was never go to materialize . She ’s a Targaryen . … But having said all of the things I ’ve just say , I stand by Daenerys . I stand by her ! I ca n’t not . ”
[ h / tVariety ]
