AfterGame of Thrones’eighth season, the hit HBO series will come to an end.
That’s the case even for the actors.
She continued, saying, “That’s whatGame of Thronesis, it’s epic and it’s huge.
My plan after this is to downscale.”
Plus, she had already started transforming well before we watched her big television debut.
Here’s just how much she’s changed.
“You know, I grew up with a stream in the garden and with fields everywhere.
We used to go mushroom-picking.
There were ducks,” the star toldRolling Stone.
“It was idyllic on every level.”
“It was a fancy school,” the actress said ofSt.
Edward’s School, “And we weren’t that fancy.”
Though, she never did end up fitting in.
Even before Clarke started attending school, her transformation as an actor was already taking shape.
“When the curtain came down, I stood on my seat and clapped wildly over my head.”
From then on, acting was Clarke’s main focus.
At 5 years old, she got her first lead role in a school play.
Still, Clarke’s dad wasn’t on board with her acting ambitions.
Thankfully, that is not who his daughter became.
“I’m hopeless,” she continued.
Thankfully,the star has a teamto help her while on set and prior to award shows.
She admitted inThe New Yorkerthat she was “hardly a prodigy.”
The young Clarke forgot her lines in that very first play and ended up staring into the audience.
“But I just stood there, with no fear, very calm.
It’s a state of mind that has carried me throughout my career.”
Of course, Clarke persisted.
Spoiler: she didn’t get the part.
Though, she admitted she only just barely made it.
“I got a phone call saying, ‘This girl broke her leg.
The place is free if you want it.'”
Although she was accepted, she claimed she was “never the favorite.”
Clarke, on the other hand, was cast to play “old ladies and bedraggled prostitutes.”
Although she would get to playthe willowy blondeeventually, Clarke’s natural look is much more subdued.
“They’re virgin brows,” she told the publication.
Clarke said she only plucks a few stray hairs to avoid a unibrow and brushes them.
Very occasionally, she’ll use a gel to hold them in place.
My mum was like: trust me!"
“You know when you’re a kid you just whack [makeup] all on.
While her mom schooled her in many beauty basics, Clarke still had a personal love of bronzer.
But that’s not to say her mom didn’t venture to help her make the best of it.
As a beauty marketer, Clarke’s mother certainly knows her stuff.
It’s true that the actress loves more feminine styles and brands.
Cross your heart, hope to die?’
I would be like, ‘I swear on Chanel.'”
To her friends, that meant she wasdefinitelyserious.
As it turns out, playing dress up was and still is one of her favorite things.
The star further revealed that she hasquitea bit of pink in her wardrobe.
But that doesn’t mean she’s afraid to get dirty.
“The part called for an otherworldly, bleached-blond woman of mystery,” she revealed inThe New Yorker.
“I’m a short, dark-haired, curvy Brit.”
Regardless, she studied the lines she’d need to audition.
And, as she revealed, they were “very strange lines.”
There, she was reminded of all of the women with whom she attended drama school.
Nevertheless, the brunette Brit got the part.
The HBO series is based on thebooks by George R.R.
Martinand, in those books, Daenerys is described as having long, silvery hair.
It took at least two months and six or seven wigs to settle on the right shade of blonde.
Clarke would stay committed to her natural dark hair until the final season ofThrones.
“I’m going to dye my hair blond.”
People have a lot of opinions about which body part?!
“Like, don’t do it.
Don’t google yourself ever.”
We doubt Clarke could’ve imagined a day whenthatwould become a popular internet query.
The web is a strange place, no doubt.
So, what’s up with the butt obsession?
Identical, toned tushes are apparently important in a series thatfrequently baresall.
“…This is all me, all proud, all strong,” she confirmed toEntertainment Weeklyin 2016.
“I’m just feeling genuinely happy I said ‘Yes.’
That ain’t no body double!”
Still, Clarke said she wanted to remind everyone that it was a long time ago.
“I’m in control of it.”
Part of Clarke’s control over her scenes entails having a closed set.
That said, her scenes have not been without criticism.
The actress toldElle, “I get a lot of crap for having done nude scenes and sex scenes.
That, in itself, is so antifeminist.”
“It’s brilliant,” she revealed.
“I actually went up to [the show’s creators] and thanked them.”
She added that it was the scene she’d “been waiting for.”
Clarke may just be stronger than Khaleesi
AsGame of Throneshas progressed, Khaleesi has become significantly stronger.
There, she experiencedaphasia, a disorder resulting from brain damage that affects one’s ability to speak.
This terrifying condition lasted for a week.
The plan, at that time, was to keep an eye on it.
“I still haven’t quite realized,” she laughed.
She’d become more “Khaleesi-esque,” according to Morris.
Quite a transformation for someone to make by their 30th birthday, that’s for sure.
“Blondes have more fun eh?!
“she captioned her Instagram photo.
“Well I will see about that.”
The star’s hair was cropped short and back to a stunning brunette shade.
She teased the idea of getting apixie cut, but revealed that she probably wouldn’t.
