Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 2, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” dropped a lot of bombs on us, and it dropped a major one on Daenerys Targaryen. She finds out the true parentage of Jon Snow, and her first thought is that he is the heir to the Iron Throne. This awkward conversation had the fans react to Daenerys’ priorities, but Emilia Clarke thinks it was just fine. Read on!
In a recent interview with EW, Emilia defended Daenerys’ reaction to the reveal. She broke her thought process down for us:
“The related thing, to her, is so normal. She could have easily married her brother. It’s not a thing. It’s a thing for Jon, but let’s just forget about that. The main thing is we’re up for the same promotion and I’ve been working for it for my entire existence.”
She emphasized it a bit more:
“This is my whole existence. Since birth! Dany literally was brought into this world going: RUN! These f—ers [in Westeros] have f—ed everything up. Now it’s, ‘You’re our only hope.’ There’s so much she’s taken on in her duty in life to rectify. There’s so much she’s seen and witnessed and been through and lost and suffered and hurt to get here… and Jon doesn’t even want it!”
Writer for the episode, Bryan Cogman had explained Jon’s thoughts about the reveal, which contrast Daenerys’ views:
“What really upsets Jon is that he’s a blood relative to the woman he’s in love with. Jon is taken aback when essentially the first thing she says is acknowledging that he has a claim to the Iron Throne. Kit and Emilia play it beautifully. It’s a very difficult scene to pull off; so much has to go on behind the eyes.”
Well, that just shows how different the two Targaryens are. What do you think about this? Talk to us in the comments, down below!
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