Actress Emilia Clarke explains why she is petrified ahead of her West End stage debut.
Emilia Clarke says she is petrified ahead of her UK stage debut in Chekhov's The Seagull
But the British actress also hopes that by appearing in a play written in 1895, about a group of lonely Russians living on an isolated country estate, she will encourage a different audience to go to the theatre. and lost her beloved father to cancer, finally appearing in the West End is daunting because "it's something I've wanted for so long".All the more so because the production was due to open in March 2020, but closed after just four preview performances when the pandemic shut theatres.
Clarke found fame on screen, cast in HBO's fantasy drama Game of Thrones in 2010, when only two years out of drama school. The show quickly became notorious for its explicit sex and violence, and Clarke, who was 23 when she started filming,But when asked now if she feels exploited or angry looking back at what happened, she picks her words very carefully. "Regret isn't something I do. It's not something I like.
Nonetheless, Clarke is savvy enough to know that "we live in a cancel culture" and "it's an incredibly hot topic".
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