Emilia Clarke He’s setting the record straight on long-running rumors about Game of Thrones pay. More than a decade after the actress was said to have earned $300,000 per episode, Clarke, who played Daenerys Targaryen in the hit HBO fantasy series, described the figures as “grossly exaggerated”.“Clarke, in a recent interview with Variety , shared a candid opinion about her rumors, saying, “Can you imagine? I could drive a couple of Porsches!” Although she did not reveal her actual salary on the show, she insisted that the numbers circulating on social media were grossly incorrect.The actor also did not directly address a 2017 report from Variety, which suggested that some of the main cast members were earning US$500,000 per episode in subsequent seasons of the HBO hit.Clarke has previously spoken out about pay parity on the series, revealing in a 2018 interview that she earned the same as her male counterparts.“It was my first job and I was not discriminated against because I was a woman, in my salary,” she said at the time in an appearance at the Cannes Film Festival.While Clarke seems to rubbish reports of her earnings, details of some actors’ salaries have surfaced over the years. According to Page Six, court documents involving Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and his former manager revealed that the actor earned $1.07 million per episode for at least six episodes of the show’s final season.Meanwhile, Sophie Turner hit back at reports she was earning $175,000 per episode. “Kit made more money than I did, but he had a bigger story,” Turner told Harper’s Bazaar in a 2019 interview.In an interview with Variety, Clarke also reflected on missing out on an Emmy Award for her role on the series. “I’m embarrassed to admit that not winning an Emmy was a significant thing,” he admitted. The actress revealed that she skipped Hollywood parties after the loss.Launched in 2011, ‘Game of Thrones’ became one of the most successful and influential TV series before it ended in 2019. The fantasy drama series was a fan favorite of Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and many more.
