Emilia Clarke has revealed that she feared the boot from Game of Thrones during her severe health scare.
Earlier this year, Emilia publicly revealed that she suffered two brain aneurysms towards the beginning of Thrones' run, which she thought put her role as Daenerys Targaryen in jeopardy as she couldn't bring herself to inform the production team.
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Addressing her worries on Jessie Ware's Table Manners podcast recently, she spoke candidly about the horrific situation.
"With the first one, I couldn't let them know what had happened until they knew that I wasn't going to die," she recalled.
"So it took us three weeks to be like, 'Sorry for not answering the old emails. I've just been a bit, you know... I'm fine! By the way, everything's great. I'm totally fine. I'm going to be back to work, nothing wrong's with me. I'm all good!'"
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When quizzed on why she made the decision to hide the truth from producers, the Mother of Dragons star replied: "I just was, and consistently, so scared of being fired for whatever reason.
"So I was just like... that was just me, more than [them]. I had no idea how taken care of I was."
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