Emilia Clarke Admits 'No One Liked' Secret Invasion or Solo But Knows 'It's Not Personal'

Game of Thrones alum Emilia Clarke has her just stock of arguable movies and shows nether her belt, but she knows the effect to projects similar Secret Invasion and Solo: A Star Wars Story is "not personal."

The histrion down Daenerys Targaryen opened up astir the highs and lows of her vocation during an interrogation with Variety. It's nary concealed that her brushes with Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) didn't precisely effect successful beloved stories, but she didn't marque it dependable similar it's the benignant of happening that has ever weighed her down.

"I don’t deliberation nary 1 liked that show, guys," Clarke said of Secret Invasion portion utilizing a goofy voice. "I’m sorry!"

Emilia Clarke. Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage.

She added: "Star Wars? They didn't similar it. Terminator? That should ne'er person happened."

Clarke is nary alien to playing roles for projects that spell connected to person less-than-favorable reception from fans and critics alike. Game of Thrones Season 8 comes to caput arsenic the evident example, but her parts arsenic G'iah successful the MCU, Qi'ra successful Star Wars, oregon Sarah Connor successful Terminator Genisys person besides seen her faced with harsh disapproval from viewers online.

Each of the franchises she mentioned has a agelong past successful entertainment, with immoderate having deeper roots successful the pop-culture satellite than others. At the extremity of the day, though, she admitted that "these were jobs I said yes to."

"I entered into already existing franchises," she added, "so erstwhile they don’t enactment out, it’s not personal."

On the taxable of uncovering occurrence successful the future, Clarke said she needs "to hold for the close thing." That said, don't expect her to dwell connected immoderate different mishaps down the line.

"My transportation to a task ends erstwhile they say, 'Picture wrap,'" she added. "Because it’s not for maine to determine what radical volition deliberation of it."

Clarke shared a surface with Haley Lu Richardson for Peacock's Ponies earlier this twelvemonth and volition soon look successful the movie Next Life. Elsewhere successful the interview, the prima talked astir her deficiency of power regarding the destiny of her dragon-riding Game of Thrones character.

Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage.

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