STACK #129 Jul 2016

CINEMA

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As Khaleesi in Game of Thrones.

also need to be strong to lift those guns,” she explains, recalling how she trained for up to six hours a day. “I did a lot of weightlifting and kickboxing that got me into the best shape of my life. I may not be as tough as my character, but at least I felt that I could handle the physical demands of working on the film.” While she’s ready for life as an action hero, Clarke warns that getting ready for a round of red carpet promotion is an entirely different story. “There are no captions on red carpet photos that say, 'This girl trained for two weeks, she went on a juice diet, she has a professional hair and makeup person, and this dress was made for her.' I just wish they'd say, ‘It ain't the truth.'"

Matt Smith, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke and Jai Courtney in T erminator Genisys

being a leading actress in the series doesn’t necessarily mean job security, considering the producer’s willingness to kill off main characters with abandon. In her next starring role away from the franchise, Clarke ditches the long blonde wig, becoming Sarah Connor in Terminator Genisys , a reboot of the legendary franchise co-starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jai Courtney. "This is such an amazing project and I'm proud to become part of the legend that is already in place and be able to create something new... Every day, you're like, 'OK. It can't get any more insane, or big, or epic, or exciting,' and it just does," she says. Clarke admits that working on such a large scale Hollywood production was extremely daunting but also, of course, exciting. “This is the kind of iconic story that everyone grows up watching and ever since I was a little girl I did a lot of weightlifting and kickboxing that got me into the best shape of my life.

Terminator Genisys is in cinemas on July 1 and will be reviewed next issue

I've dreamed about making films like this,” she says. As a child, it’s unlikely she could have imagined how gruelling such an action-packed shoot could be: “I did a lot of weapons training and you

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