Emilia Clarke says she didn’t know about the sex scenes with Jason Momoa on Game of Thrones

Emilia Clarke revealed that she would cry before the sex scenes with Jason Momoa in Game of Thrones because she didn’t know about nudity before accepting the role.

The 36-year-old actress played Daenerys Targaryen in the hit fantasy series and admitted she was “terrified” of the sex scenes because she “didn’t know what to do”.

Emilia, who was only 23 at the time, was “fresh out of drama school” and had “never been on a film set before” and had to strip naked in front of “all those people”.

‘I don’t know what to do’: Emilia Clarke revealed that she would cry at the sex scenes with Jason Momoa in Game of Thrones because she did not know about nudity before accepting the role

Speaking on the Armchair Expert podcast with Dax Shepard in 2019, Emilia said: “I took the job and then they sent me the scripts and I was reading them, and I was like, ‘Oh, there’s the kicker!’

“But I just got out of drama school and approached it as a job: if it’s in the script, then it’s clearly necessary.

“I’ve never been on a film set like this before and now I’m on a film set stark naked with all 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.

‘I’ve never been on a film set’: The actress, 36, played Daenerys Targaryen in the hit fantasy series and admitted she was ‘terrified’ of the sex scenes because she ‘didn’t know what to do’

“Regardless of nudity or not, I would have gone through that first season thinking I’m not worth demanding anything. I’m not worth needing anything at all.

However, he credited Jason, 43, who plays Khal Drogo, with making the filming as easy as possible, as he was feeling “impostor syndrome”.

During the hit series, Momoa’s character “virtually rapes” her on their wedding night and Emilia said she feels “lucky” for how the actor handled the scene.

Kind: However, he did credit Jason, 43, who plays Khal Drogo, for making the filming as easy as possible, as he was feeling “impostor syndrome.”

“He was crying more than me. It’s only now that I realize how lucky I was with that, because he could have gone many, many, many different ways,” she added.

Emilia explained how the Aquaman star put her at ease due to having “experience” in the industry and showed her the ropes.

The actress added: “He was always saying, ‘Can we get his damn robe? He’s shaking!’ He was so kind and thoughtful and cared about me as a human being.

Helpful: Emilia explained how the Aquaman star reassured her that she had “experience” in the industry and showed her the ropes (pictured in July)