Game of Thrones actress Nathalie Emmanuel has revealed Emilia Clarke defended her when a co-star tried to shame a ‘revealing outfit’.
The 31-year-old joined the cast of Game of Thrones in season three, and became tight with Emilia, 33, immediately as two of the only women in testosterone-fuelled Targaryen world.
And in one of the earliest days of Nathalie’s time in the fantasy epic, Emilia swooped in to comfort the Missandei actress after an ‘incident’ with a co-star.
‘[Emilia] and I always looked out for each other. If you’re the only girls on a male-dominated set, it bonds you in a certain way,’ Nathalie told Vogue.co.uk.
‘For example, in my first season, my costume was pretty revealing, and there was an incident with a supporting actor who made a comment about it on set – I mean, typical – and Emilia straightaway had my back.’
‘It got handled,’ she stressed.
Nathalie also addressed the backlash towards the death of Missandei, which came under fire from thousands of fans but perhaps most notably by The 13th director Ava Duvernay.
‘So… the one and only sister on the whole epic, years-long series? That’s what you wanna do? Okay,’ Ava wrote after Daenerys’ right-hand woman was beheaded towards the end of the final season.
‘It definitely caused me to reflect a lot more – about race and diversity more generally,’ said Natahlie.
‘At the end of the day, if there’s ever a show on the level of Game of Thrones again, representation has to be part of the conversation from the beginning. That way, there’s no single person who has to represent every other person of colour.
Game of Thrones seasons one to eight are available to stream on NOW TV.
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