Published 20:06 IST, December 2nd 2019
Game of Thrones actor Emilia Clarke talks about the darker side of fame
'Game Of Thrones' star Emilia Clarke recently talked about the negative side of being famous and shared experiences where she was subjected to mean stalking.
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Emilia Clarke may widely be kwn as Mor Of Dragons Daenerys Targaryen from Game Of Thrones fame, but actor also has an extensive filmography in a career spanning over 10 years. Featuring in films like Last Christmas, Solo: A Star Wars Story and Me Before You, Emilia has evidently garnered a fan following. Though actors working in entertainment industry are often subjected to a vast following and love by fans, negative side of it is often t discussed openly.
Recently while speaking to a news daily, Emilia Clarke opened up about darker side of fame and also talked about horrible stalker experiences.
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Emilia Clarke on darker side of fame
Emilia stated that she started finding gifts right outside her doorstep when she shot to fame with Game Of Thrones. She disclosed that re have been multiple instances where she has been bored by extremely unwell and mean stalkers. She expressed that as a single ly walking around town, she alrey feels like she is being followed. stalkers believe that y share a relationship with Emilia Clarke which disconcerts her even furr.
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She stated that while she understands concept of fans feeling like y share a relationship with ir favourite actors, she also believes that a big part of her work is to have relationships with people she does t kw.
But, it is also a major responsibility for her and she deemed it to be a difficult path to navigate. She furr ded that lines often get blurred especially when as do things like grabbing Emilia physically to gain her attention, which makes her uncomfortable.
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When asked about reception of last season of Game Of Thrones, Emilia stated that she has t yet gotten over backlash. actor was focused on dealing with her own reactions with final season and hence did t pay much attention to criticism it faced. But, she feels truly sorry about executive producers David Benioff and Dan Weiss facing major backlash over it. She expressed that she felt heartbroken over criticism executive producers faced as y took entire responsibility of putting show toger.
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16:06 IST, December 2nd 2019