--- ---  # Late-Night Highlight: Emilia Clarke's Awkward _Game of Thrones_ Audition  by [Diane Tsai](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/)  ## Diane Tsai Mar 20, 2014 6:27 PM UTC  Getty Images / NBC  by [Diane Tsai](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/)  ## Diane Tsai Mar 20, 2014 6:27 PM UTC What do you have to do to land the role of the Mother of Dragons on _Game of Thrones_? Dance some awkward dances, apparently. Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys Targaryen, stopped by _The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon_ and talked about her _Game of Thrones_ audition, during which the show’s co-creator David Benioff joked that she should do a dance. And Clarke actually did—starting with the Funky Chicken, then transitioning into the Robot. Luckily for the star, her funky dance moves paid off. Clarke has been a major part of the past three seasons of the show, with [season 4](http://time.com/30199/game-of-thrones-trailer-devil-inside/) premiering on Sunday, April 6. VIDEO: Emilia Clarke's Awkward 'Game of Thrones' Audition ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/31698/late-night-highlight-emilia-clarkes-awkward-game-of-thrones-audition/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/31698/late-night-highlight-emilia-clarkes-awkward-game-of-thrones-audition/"},"headline":"Late-Night Highlight: Emilia Clarke's Awkward Game of Thrones Audition","datePublished":"2014-03-20T18:27:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:52:07.398Z","description":"Dany's got some off-screen moves","url":"https://time.com/31698/late-night-highlight-emilia-clarkes-awkward-game-of-thrones-audition/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones","jimmy fallon","Late Night Highlight","The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon","emilia clarke","Daenerys Targaryen"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20224dd4296ed671/6986865635ba6f2955c01114/clarke-1280x720-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Diane Tsai","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20224dd4296ed671/6986865635ba6f2955c01114/clarke-1280x720-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Emilia Clarke The Tonight Show","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images / NBC","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":"https://time.com/31698/late-night-highlight-emilia-clarkes-awkward-game-of-thrones-audition/","name":"Late-Night Highlight: Emilia Clarke's Awkward Game of Thrones Audition"}}]}] ```