--- title: Emilia Clarke Says She's Been Pressured to do Nude Scenes description: Emilia Clarke says that she's been pressured to shoot naked on post-Game of Thrones projects. canonical: https://time.com/5733984/emilia-clarke-game-of-thrones-nude-scenes/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-11-20T16:36:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-14T08:43:32.868Z og:title: Emilia Clarke Discusses Feeling Pressured to Do Nude Scenes on Game of Thrones og:description: "I've had fights on set before" og:url: https://time.com/5733984/emilia-clarke-game-of-thrones-nude-scenes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71c202770349147d/69894a32656a3f6393bd722f/game-of-thrones-s8-e6-daenerys-targaryen-iron-throne.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3150 og:image:height: 1772 og:image:alt: Game-of-Thrones-S8-E6-Daenerys-Targaryen-Iron-Throne og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Emilia Clarke Discusses Feeling Pressured to Do Nude Scenes on Game of Thrones twitter:description: "I've had fights on set before" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71c202770349147d/69894a32656a3f6393bd722f/game-of-thrones-s8-e6-daenerys-targaryen-iron-throne.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Emilia Clarke Discusses Feeling Pressured to Do Nude Scenes for _Game of Thrones_ > Sponsored content. 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Fashion photographer Miles Aldridge captures startling renaissance inspired photographs for TIME's Game of Thrones issue._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 20, 2019 4:36 PM UTC Fashion photographer Miles Aldridge captures startling renaissance inspired photographs for TIME's Game of Thrones issue.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 20, 2019 4:36 PM UTC [Emilia Clarke](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567865/emilia-clarke/) has previously [spoken out](https://time.com/4336764/game-of-thrones-emilia-clarke-nude/) about what it was like to film nude scenes as Daenerys Targaryen on _Game of Thrones_. She even [defended](https://time.com/5034928/its-part-of-life-emilia-clarke-defends-game-of-thrones-sex-scenes/) the show in 2017 when it drew criticism for featuring a high volume of sex scenes. But during a recent appearance on Dax Shepard’s [“Armchair Expert” podcast](https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/emilia-clarke), Clarke spoke about how her views on on-screen nudity have evolved, explaining that she’s felt pressured to shoot naked on post-_Game of Thrones_ projects. “I’m a lot savvier with what I’m comfortable with, and what I am okay with doing,” she said. “I’ve had fights on set before where I’m like, ‘No, the sheet stays up,’ and they’re like, ‘You don’t wanna disappoint your _Game of Thrones_ fans.’ And I’m like, ‘F—k you.'” Clarke also said that part of the reason she agreed to the “f—k ton of nudity” in season 1 of _Game of Thrones_ was because of her lack of acting experience. “I’m floating through this first season. I have no idea what I’m doing; I have no idea what any of this is,” she said. “I’ve never been on a film set like this before — I’d been on a film set twice before then — and I’m now on a film set completely naked with all of these people, and I don’t know what I’m meant to do, and I don’t know what’s expected of me, and I don’t know what you want, and I don’t know what I want. Regardless of there being nudity or not, I would have spent that first season thinking I’m not worthy of requiring anything; I’m not worthy of needing anything at all.” She also credited co-star Jason Momoa, who played Daenerys’ husband Khal Drogo, for “taking care of me in an environment where I didn’t know I needed to be taken care of.” “Jason had experience — he was an experienced actor who had done a bunch of stuff before coming on to \[_Game of Thrones_\],” Clarke said. “He was like, ‘Sweetie, this is how it’s meant to be and this is how it’s not meant to be and I’m going to make sure that that’s the f—king case.'” ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:05] This [00:10] flower. [00:15] That [00:20] hand. [00:25] [ MUSIC ] [00:30] [ MUSIC ] It's insane, [ LAUGH ] it's truly insane. I mean, [00:33] there's been lots firsts because of Game of Thrones, but [00:35] this takes the biscuit. [ LAUGH ] It's pretty incredible. I [00:38] never thought in a million years. Is that this would be [00:41] happening. 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