Game of Thrones super fans may know that wasn't the first to play Daenerys Stormborn of the House Targaryen, First of Her Name, the Unburnt, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, and Mother of Dragons.
However, nobody has heard from the OG actor, Tamzin Merchant, on the subject until now. Merchant (The Tudors, Carnival Row) was just 21 years old when she was cast in the original pilot for back in 2009.
According to , the entire pilot was pretty much scrapped and reshot before its actual premiere on HBO in 2011. However, was still , and Merchant vividly remembers shooting those wedding night scenes."Shooting that pilot was a really great lesson," Merchant for an article published on.
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