Emilia Clarke's Reaction To The Game of Thrones Finale Has Us Worried For Daenerys

For most of the Game of Thrones cast, discussing the series finale has been something of a "game" all its own.


Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) spoiled the ending for fiancé Joe Jonas, while Kit Harington (Jon Snow) spilled the beans for spouse Rose Leslie (Ygritte), which resulted in her refusing to speak to him. Yet it's Emilia Clarke's reaction to how the story will just be drawing to a close that has us concerned. Is Clarke's character, the Mother of Dragons herself, Daenerys Targaryen, facing a unexpectedly dark end?


Speaking to Press Association, Clarke says she wandered around London for "three hours, aimlessly" soon after reading through Season 8's script.


"It might as well have been raining and I would’ve just walked in it not knowing what to do," she mentioned, comparing the fear she felt facing going into the final phase of the show to how she felt while in her beginning day on set. She emphasized that there were "loads of tears" as she worked via sadness and filmed her final scenes as Dany.


"That was the moment I realized that alcoholic beverages can also be a depressant," she mentioned. "I was sort of nursing a glass of wine going, 'I don’t know why I’m not getting any happier from this.'"


Given that Dany has been a fan-favorite character for her grit, ability to conquer the impossible, and those badass dragons, it's complicated to think about an ending that isn't as positive as it might would be for the Targaryen queen. She's already lost her previous lover Khal Drogo, her only son, and is about to experience another brutal blow, if the show's going to go the way we think it will.


As soon as the Season 8 trailer finally debuted, Harington teased a "sledgehammer" coming for Jon Snow, which will affect Dany in the same way. Without spoiling anything for those who haven't read the books, Game of Thrones readers will know what to look for here, and let's just mention Dany and Jon's relationship wasn't exactly written in the stars.


Is that what could have Emilia in tears about the entire thing, or is there something darker afoot? Will we have to mention an emotional goodbye to our flaxen-haired freedom fighter?


We'll have to wait and visualize. The eighth and final season of Game of Thrones starts on April 14.