Tamzin Merchant Talks About Daenerys Targaryen, Emilia Clarke, and GOT
Tamzin Merchant, who was the first choice to play the iconic role of Daenerys Targaryen, and who even shot an unreleased pilot of Season 1, has shared her thoughts about the failed pilot, the character, and the show in general. The actress now wishes that she hadn’t been a part of it all and if she had listened to her instincts at that time, she would indeed not have accepted the role. Tamzin Merchant, who is also known for the series “The Tudors,” has also praised GOT actress Emilia Clarke for making the character an iconic iteration. Tamzin Merchant was the one to play the role of Daenerys Targaryen; however, the pilot she shot was dumped by HBO, and now she has revealed that the production of the pilot was a nightmare for her and regrets accepting the role. She was cast as the Mother of Dragons in a pilot that was shot and failed in 2009 and said that from the outset, she had a deep intuition that the whole show was not for her to be involved in. Merchant has become honest abo...