More than a year has passed since the end of game of Thrones it came and annoyed most of its fans. It’s actually surprising how quickly the final season became so polarizing. But unfortunately, after a year to reflect on this, there are some parts where fans can agree.
For example, the death of Missandei? It was not only tragic for many audience members, but also for Daenerys Targaryen. Without the death of her friend, it is difficult to say if the end would have been as it happened. And it turns out that Nathalie Emmanuel and Emilia Clarke were also very close on set.
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Nathalie Emmanuel shared that Emilia Clarke defended her when a co-star tried to comment on her revealing outfit
In an interview with Vogue UK on July 22, Emmanuel shared that she and Clarke became close very quickly because they were on a male-dominated set. Especially when Emmanuel started, he was in game of Thrones Season 3
“Emilia and I got along like a burning house from the beginning,” said Emmanuel. “When I joined the cast, she had already been filming game of Thrones for a few years, and she was definitely ready to have some feminine energy around her. “
In Season 3, when Daenerys first meets Missandei, she was a slave to one of Astapor’s masters. When Daenerys makes a deal to exchange one of her dragons for the Immaculate Army, she also insists on taking Missandei as well. They become good friends, and Daenerys sets her free, but Missandei still chose to be loyal to her new friend and queen.
Emmanuel shared a moment when Clarke defended her on set as well.
She and I always take care of each other. If you’re the only girl on a male-dominated set, it binds you in a certain way. For example, in my first season, my costume was quite revealing, and there was an incident with an extra who made a comment about it on set, i.e. typical, and Emilia immediately turned her back on me. It was handled.
She didn’t share who the co-star was, but the main thing here is how Clarke was unwilling to let sexism or harassment take place on the set while she was around.
Emmanuel is outraged at the death of his character
When Missandei died, fans everywhere were so upset. For many, Missandei meant a lot as the only black main character in the entire series. game of Thrones It came under scrutiny for many things, such as sexism with its scenes of excessive sexual assault, and then racism for its almost entirely white cast.
“I definitely understood beforehand what my role meant to people,” he said, “but the days after that episode really brought him home. I loved that character and wished it would have had a happy ending.”
With Massandei’s death, Emmanuel shared that he was working when the episode aired, but when he caught up with the uproar, he knew why.
“When it comes to that, the reaction is due to the fact that when there are so few non-white characters on screen, a death like that is recorded as a massive loss,” Emmanuel said.
Missandei and Gray Worm were the only main characters who were not white in the 8 seasons
Coming out of a lack of diversity, the fates of Missandei and Gray Worm (Jacob Anderson) were very important to fans. And with the death of her character, Emmanuel told Vogue UK that the response made her “reflect a lot more” on race and diversity within the shows.
“At the end of the day, if there’s ever a show at the level of game of Thrones again, the performance has to be part of the conversation from the beginning, ”he said. “In that way, there is no one person who has to represent all other people of color.”
Emmanuel shared that she and Anderson have already talked about this a lot while filming.
“We were always very aware of how much we are part of game of Thrones It mattered to people, “he said.” It really made us protectors of Missandei and Gray Worm. “
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