Dracarys! The mother of dragons was almost a different person entirely. “Game of Thrones” notoriously threw out its first pilot that was rumored to be “a disaster.” The hit show then recast many of its key roles for a new version of the Season 1 premiere, “Winter Is Coming,” that aired on HBO in 2011.
Among those recast roles was the franchise’s most recognizable character, the silver-haired Daenerys Targaryen. As the show became a global phenomenon, Daenerys became the role of a lifetime for Emilia Clarke — but it almost wasn’t.
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