The role was played by actress
Tamzin Merchant in the show’s 2009 pilot and she was recast when the show was picked up by HBO.
Tamzin is now speaking out for the first time about
Emilia taking over the role and how she felt about losing the role, which became one of the most iconic characters in television history.
Click inside to read what she had to say…
“Shooting that pilot was a really great lesson,”
Tamzin said in an interview with
Entertainment Weekly. “It was an affirmation about listening to my instincts and following them, because I tried to back out of that situation and, during the contract process, I did back out. I was talked back into it by some persuasive people. Then I found myself naked and afraid in Morocco and riding a horse that was clearly much more excited to be there than I was.”
Carnival Row: Tamzin Merchant on Playing Daenerys in THAT GoT Pilot
Carnival Row: Tamzin Merchant on Playing Daenerys in THAT GoT Pilot
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Carnival Row star and
Tamzin Merchant (
Salem, Supergirl), she was teasing what viewers can expect from Imogen Spurnrose during the second season of Amazon Prime s
Orlando Bloom and
Cara Delevingne-starring alt-Victorian fantasy drama. For this go-around, Merchant is reflecting back on her time as Daenerys Targaryen on HBO s
Game of Thrones. What s that?
Emilia Clarke is Daenerys Targaryen? Oh yeah, but before she was? Merchant held the role- at least for one outing. that outing was the 2009 pilot that was reportedly so bad that it inspired
Tamzin Merchant discusses her debut fantasy novel The Hatmakers and Carnival Row season 2 James Hibberd
While Tamzin Merchant is deep into filming season 2 of Amazon s
Carnival Row, she s also about to roll out a new fantasy world that s wholly of her own creation: her debut fantasy novel,
The Hatmakers.
The young-adult tale, which recently garnered a rave advance review from Kirkus, follows a girl in an alternate 18th-century London who comes from a long line of hatmakers who imbue their headwear with magical attributes. When an ancient rivalry begins to surface and the threat of milliners magic is used to start a war, it is up to the young girl to find out who s behind it and why.
While Tamzin Merchant is deep into filming season 2 of Amazon s
Carnival Row, she s also about to roll out a new fantasy world that s wholly of her own creation: her debut fantasy novel,
The Hatmakers.
The young-adult tale, which recently garnered a rave advance review from Kirkus, follows a girl in an alternate 18th-century London who comes from a long line of hatmakers who imbue their headwear with magical attributes. When an ancient rivalry begins to surface and the threat of milliners magic is used to start a war, it is up to the young girl to find out who s behind it and why.