Interview
Emilia Clarke was afraid of getting fired from Game of Thrones while suffering from brain hemorrhage

Emilia Clarke, star of Game of Thrones, is among the bravest and most committed actresses in the movie business. Despite having two potentially fatal brain aneurysms while filming Game of Thrones, she continued. She continued despite the extreme heat and the lengthy workdays. All because she was more afraid of letting the showrunners down than dying.
Emilia Clarke was suffering from subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)
After filming the first season of Game of Thrones, Clarke was hit with her first case of SAH. She told Harper’s Bazaar in a recent interview, “I wasn’t afraid of dying, I was afraid of being fired! I decided: ‘This is not something that’s going to define me’. I never gave into any feeling of ‘Why me? This sucks’. I was just like – gotta get back on it.”

Emilia Clarke for Harper’s Bazaar shoot
Emilia Clarke wanted to “pull the plug” after her second hemorrhage
The second hemorrhage was even more devastating for her. She recalled, “In my worst moments, I wanted to pull the plug, I asked the medical staff to let me die. My job – my entire dream of what life would be – centered on language, on communication. Without it, I was lost.”
“If I’m being brutally honest, the whole thing made me feel very ashamed,” she says, “like I was broken. As though the producers must think I’m an unreliable person that they’ve hired.”
Read Next: Emilia Clarke recalls when fans shipped Jon and Daenerys “a bit too much”
🔥🐉 Eager for the latest House of the Dragon updates? Join the conversation on our PopCulture Discord group 🔥🐉
If you have any important filming news about House of the Dragon, or if you want to collaborate with us or want to write for us, please drop us a message here.
Official House of the Dragon Merchandise

-
News4 weeks ago
The first trailer for House of the Dragon Season 2 might arrive very soon!
-
News3 weeks ago
Get ready for the new line of House of the Dragon Funko Pops!
-
Interview4 weeks ago
Emilia Clarke says male stars usually avoid doing films with female leads
-
Media2 weeks ago
Peter Dinklage exudes Tyrion Lannister on the red carpet premiere of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
-
Interview4 weeks ago
HBO has hatched the perfect plan to avoid Game of Thrones’ franchise fatigue
-
Humour4 weeks ago
George R.R. Martin hilariously reassures fans he’s still writing The Winds of Winter
-
Theories2 weeks ago
Why was the Hound so protective of the Stark girls in Game of Thrones?
-
Interview4 weeks ago
Kit Harington’s Snow and other Game of Thrones spinoffs are far from being greenlit by HBO