Published 14:55 IST, December 22nd 2019
Emilia Clarke bans selfies with fans, here's the reason
Actor Emilia Clarke has banned selfies with fans after an admirer demanded a picture with the "Game of Thrones" star while she was having a panic attack
Actor Emilia Clarke has banned selfies with fans after an admirer demanded a picture with the "Game of Thrones" star while she was having a panic attack. The 33-year-old actor said she was exhausted and crying when a man asked for a selfie. "I was walking through an airport and I started having a panic attack brought on by complete exhaustion. "I'm crying and this guy's like, 'Can I get a selfie?' And I was like, 'I can't breathe, I'm really sorry...' It was after a few moments like that where I was like, 'I don't know how to do this'," Clarke said on Jessie Ware's 'Table Manners' podcast.
The actor said she may not be up for a selfie but is open to giving autographs. "I will sign something. When you do that you have to have an interaction with that person, as opposed to someone just going, 'Give us a selfie, goodbye'. It turns into, 'Right, what's your name? Who am I making it out to?'
"Then you have a chat and you're actually having a human-to-human thing, as opposed to it being this thing that probably isn't nice for them or you," she said. This year Clarke revealed her battle with nearly fatal brain aneurysms she faced soon after the success of the first season of "Game of Thrones.
What's next for Emilia Clarke?
Emilia has done remarkably well on the silver screen with her portrayal as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones. Her role as Louisa Clark in the movie Me Before You won accolades for her as the movie was a commercial success. While HBO is currently working on three spin-offs of the epic drama, Emilia Clarke is set to play the English poet Elizabeth Barrett in the film Let Me Count the Ways, which will be directed by The Wife director Bjorn Runge.
Updated 15:01 IST, December 22nd 2019