The sacred object of everyone's fantasies (pretty much 'cause we've seen her nude in Game of Thrones), Emilia Clarke has been confirmed as the new Sarah Connor, which - at first - sounds like a cool idea, and then... well, and then you compare her to the likes of Linda Hamilton, who was just so badass and raw that it almost feels like nobody could ever live up to her. Clarke is great, of course, but she's also a fairly limited actress from what we've glimpsed on TV so far (don't shoot the messenger - it's true). She plays tough, but lacks Hamilton's inherent "grit." Which is another way of saying: Emilia Clarke has been hired here because she plays a "badass" female character on TV, and Sarah Connor is a badass female character. The problem is that a role like Sarah Connor seems to require an actress who appears to have "been there" and experienced things - Clarke is noticeably fresh-faced, innocent-looking and far too beautiful for what should be a pained role. Granted, this is a reboot, so we'll presumably taking the character in a new direction. She'll do well, but there is something undeniably "boring" about this choice, no?
