“Shooting that pilot was a really great lesson,” Merchant told Entertainment Weekly recently during a Zoom call. “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. 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.”The actor is talking about Daenerys’ infamous wedding night. As HuffPost previously reported, the original wedding night was closer to the more consensual scene that occurred in author George R.R. Merchant went on to talk about trusting her gut, which just wasn’t into the role.

Source: Huffington Post January 28, 2021 20:48 UTC