The first Game of Thrones pilot was shot in 2009 with Tamzin Merchant in the role of Daenerys, but the episode was later reshot with Emilia Clarke as the Mother of Dragons It's difficult to imagine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Actress Tamzin Merchant was originally meant to star as the Mother of Dragons. David M. Benett/Getty Images / HBO Actress Tamzin ...

Speaking about the pilot publically for the first time, Merchant looks back on the experience now as a "great lesson" on a number of levels. "Shooting that pilot was a really great lesson," the ...

Tamzin Merchant landed the role of Daenerys Targaryen when she was 21. She wound up appearing in the 2009 pilot for Game of Thrones — a pilot that was notoriously bad. The pilot wound up being almost ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: As we get closer and closer to the Game of Thrones Season 8 premiere, it’s no surprise that some of us are getting a little nostalgic. It’s been about ten years since the ...

"Shooting that pilot was a really great lesson," Merchant said. "It was an affirmation about listening to my instincts and following them, because I tried to back out of that situation and, during the ...

Tamzin Merchant is finally opening up about playing Daenerys in the unaired Game of Thrones pilot. In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Merchant revealed that she attempted to back out of the ...

Tamzin Merchant says she was "naked and afraid" filming the original "Game of Thrones" pilot in Morocco. “Shooting that pilot was a really great lesson,” Merchant said. “It was an affirmation about ...

No Red Wedding-level drama here! Tamzin Merchant has broken her silence about what it was like being recast by Emilia Clarke following the original Game of Thrones pilot—and it seems it all worked out ...

The unaired “Game of Thrones” is notorious for many, many reasons, and a new book about the making of the now-ended HBO series has added another one to the list: a horse’s penis. During the shooting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jason Kempin/WireImage; HBO Tamzin Merchant, Emilia Clarke It's difficult to imagine anyone other than Emilia Clarke portraying ...