When I was watching it, I was too busy laughing at their hilarious return to acting. Most people were laughing at their terrible handlebar mustaches rather than looking at anything that was on the table. When Kit is having his kind of “Cheers,” and he’s downing all the booze, there are two people who look slightly like a Metallica tribute band, and they are our showrunners and writers, David Benioff and Mr. But you know who I could actually quite happily blame? Did you notice some quite familiar-looking extras in that particular scene? You’ve got a lot of cast, and you’ve got two-hundred-odd extras in that room. When this scene was filmed, do you now remember, “Oh, my God, I remember that coffee cup sitting in front of me?” Or it could have been some very fancy producer’s mochaccino. You don’t know what was in the cup, then? Is that what you’re trying to say? What Clarke knew was that, by the time Season 8 was over, her royal character would hardly face the final credits, much less the final judgment, in a posture of triumph: “I was just, like, Oh, my God, my absolute idol in life is saying that she likes me, and I know for a fact that by the end of this season she’s going to hate me.” This was in February, before the start of the eighth and final season of “Game of Thrones.” Clarke could not tell even her closest and most trusted friends, who were nearby at the bar, why she had to hold back her innermost anxiety from Beyoncé. I said, ‘I’ve seen you live in concert and I think you’re amazing and wonderful! Wonderful!’ And all I wanted to scream was ‘Please, please still like me even though my character turns into a mass-killing dictator! Please still think that I’m representing women in a really fabulous way.’ ”

I’m having a conversation with a crazed fan who’s looking at me like a rabbit in the headlights.’ Which is exactly what I was. This girl is crazy and I’m not going to have a real conversation with another celebrity. I could see myself reflected in her eyes. I think you’re brilliant.’ I just couldn’t handle it! I was on the verge of tears. And Beyoncé says to me, ‘Oh, my goodness, it’s so wonderful to meet you. “I see this vision, this angel, this incredible woman float towards me,” Clarke recalled the other day. Then Clarke spotted the hostess, and she was heading toward the bar, toward her. She was, in fact, “pretty drunk”-“six glasses of champagne in,” she says-as Drake, Rihanna, J. Clarke sat at the bar with a couple of friends, slack-jawed and watching. The place was a shimmering aquarium of celebrity. Clarke found herself at an Oscars after-party thrown by Beyoncé and Jay-Z, at the Chateau Marmont. Not long ago, it was difficult to determine who wielded the greater global power: Was it Daenerys Targaryen, Queen of the Ashes, Mother of Dragons, or Beyoncé, Queen Bey, Mother of Blue Ivy, Rumi, and Sir? Emilia Clarke, the young and skillful actor who has played Daenerys over eight seasons of “ Game of Thrones,” encountered just this question earlier this year.

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