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CINEMA
A BREAK FROM
HOUSE
TARGARYEN
Actress Emilia Clarke steps out from the wildly successful
Games of Thrones
to kick ass in the blockbuster
Terminator Genisys
.
T
he last episode of the fifth season of
Game of Thrones
has come to a bloody,
dramatic close – no spoilers here – and
even Emilia Clarke, better known to GoT fans
as Khaleesi, Daenerys of House Targaryen and
Mother of Dragons, admits to worrying about
her character’s fate at times. “You never know
who's going to get killed!” she laughs. “It's part
of the intrigue and mystique of the series that it
surprises you and shows you what a dangerous
world she lives in. You get very caught up in
the constant sense of menace and the kind
of threatening environment that is constantly
providing audiences with all sorts of shocks.”
At 28 years old, Emilia Clarke still appears
flabbergasted by her fame. She joined the
Game
of Thrones
cast a year out of drama school, and
within no time, the series was being watched
by millions per episode. Her old life was behind
her. “I hated working in a call centre and I
remember how thrilled I was that I didn't have
to do that job anymore,” she recalls. However,
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