Emilia Clarke Says She Broke A Rib On Set Of Ponies
The Game Of Thrones star,
39, has described the embarrassing blunder in a new interview about
the Cold War-era drama.
Ponies is a spy thriller set in 1970s Cold War about Bea (played by
Emilia) and Twila (played by Haley Lu Richardson)
investigating their husbands' death as the pair work as CIA operatives
together.
Emilia Clarke told TheWrap that
she was filming a bonking marathon with three different men when she suffered
the injury.
Emilia Clarke said: 'Just keep bringing it -
I'm going to sit on this thing, you're going to bring them in, we're going to
pretend to have sex. I broke a rib that day.'
Her co-star Haley Lu, 30, confirmed the story
in the joint interview, adding: 'She really did. She's such a tiny little
sensitive body, [it] meant she broke a rib.'
The awkward moment meant Emilia Clarke had to
tell her doctor how she sustained the injury.
Her appearance comes after she revealed she
suffered a 'full mental breakdown' when Game Of Thrones finished - and admitted
she's now done with the fantasy genre.
The actress, who played Daenerys Targaryen in
the HBO fantasy series, spoke about the hit show ending after it being such a
huge part of her life for nearly a decade.
Emilia Clarke said: 'It was the first time in
my professional life that I stopped. I had a full mental breakdown. It was
almost as if the timing of the pandemic was bang on.'
The show aired from 2011 to 2019 and also
starred the likes of Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams and Kit Harington.
While speaking with The New York Times, Emilia said that it
was only after the show ended that she took the time 'to realise that I could
try and get some autonomy over my choices, my work'.
'So much of my career didn't reflect my
taste, I just sort of shot out of a cannon,' she added.
Emilia began playing the role when she was
only 22 and it was only her third acting job, meaning she felt she 'never had
time to stop and consider the meaning of it'.
She also shared that she is now done with the
fantasy genre, saying: 'You're highly unlikely to see me get on a dragon, or
even in the same frame as a dragon, ever again.'
Last June, Emilia told The Big Issue she
feared being fired from the hit show after she suffered brain haemorrhages.
The star suffered bleeds on her brain in 2011
and 2013, which she said left her 'altered on a dramatic level'.
She first had a haemorrhage after the first
season of Game Of Thrones finished filming, and lost her ability to speak as
she nearly slipped into a coma.
The second one left her in need of surgery
after scans showed it had doubled in size, and Emilia previously detailed that
she is in a 'really small minority' of people who have survived and been left
with 'no repercussions'.
She told the magazine: 'When you have a brain
injury, it alters your sense of self on such a dramatic level. All of the
insecurities you have going into the workplace quadruple overnight.
'The first fear we all had was, "Oh my
God, am I going to get fired? Am I going to get fired because they think I'm
not capable of completing the job?"'
Emilia had surgery to restore blood flow, as
well as taking medication to relieve the pain.
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