--- description: "If a nude scene forwards a story or is shot in a way that adds insight into characters, I’m perfectly fine with it." title: Emilia Clarke Clarifies Criticism of Nude Scenes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf21652e4146843d/698863a62dce0105849e5825/gettyimages-479270788.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Emilia Clarke Clarifies Criticism of Nude Scenes  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Sep 16, 2015 5:43 PM CUT  Emilia Clarke attends the movie 'Terminator Genisys' press conference at The Ritz Carlton on July 2, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea. Emilia Clarke attends the movie 'Terminator Genisys' press conference at The Ritz Carlton on July 2, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea.The Chosunilbo JNS—Multi-Bits via Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Sep 16, 2015 5:43 PM CUT Emilia Clarke says that her [recent comments](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3233239/SEBASTIAN-SHAKESPEARE-Game-Thrones-star-Emilia-Clarke-t-stand-sex-scenes.html "undefined") published in the _Daily Mail_ that she “can’t stand” sex scenes were taken out of context. The _Game of Thrones_ actress clarified her feelings about nudity on her Instagram Wednesday. “In drama, if a nude scene forwards a story or is shot in a way that adds insight into characters, I’m perfectly fine with it. Sometimes explicit scenes are required and make sense for the characters/story, as they do in Westeros,” she said. “If it’s gratuitous for gratuitous sake, then I will discuss with a director on how to make it more subtle. In either case, like a good Mother of Dragons, I’m always in control.” The statement was accompanied by a famous nude scene in _Game of_ _Thrones_ during which Clarke’s character, Daenerys Targaryen, emerges from a fire naked and unscathed with her baby dragons. In the _Daily Mail_ article, Clarke [originally said](http://time.com/4034921/game-of-thrones-sex-emilia-clarke/ "undefined") she “can’t stand” sex scenes. “I don’t want to have sex thrown in my face, and I’ve always thought the suggestion is so much more titillating than the act itself,” she was quoted saying. “On screen, the subtler the better.” Clarke now says those words were taken out of context. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4036758/emilia-clarke-sex-scenes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4036758/emilia-clarke-sex-scenes/"},"headline":"Emilia Clarke Clarifies Criticism of Nude Scenes","datePublished":"2015-09-16T17:43:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:59:10.842Z","description":"\"If a nude scene forwards a story or is shot in a way that adds insight into characters, I’m perfectly fine with it.\"","url":"https://time.com/4036758/emilia-clarke-sex-scenes/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf21652e4146843d/698863a62dce0105849e5825/gettyimages-479270788.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf21652e4146843d/698863a62dce0105849e5825/gettyimages-479270788.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Movie 'Terminator Genisys' Press Conference","caption":"Movie 'Terminator Genisys' Press Conference","creditText":"The Chosunilbo JNS—Multi-Bits via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4036758/emilia-clarke-sex-scenes/","name":"Emilia Clarke Clarifies Criticism of Nude Scenes"}}]}] ```