Game Of Thrones: 10 Scenes Actors Hated Filming
5. Daenerys Eats The Heart Of A Stallion – Emilia Clarke
The Dothraki have their fair share of odd traditions. When Daenerys is pregnant with Khal Drogo's child, she must eat the raw heart of a stallion. If she can accomplish this task without retching, it is a sign the child will be strong.
Rather than eating a real heart, Emilia Clarke had to consume a fake one consisting of solidified jam. You’d think this would be relatively straightforward – but it wasn’t. According to Clarke, the fake heart didn’t even taste like jam. It was more like a mixture of bleach and pasta.
And whilst her character only has to eat one heart, Clarke had to go through twenty-eight! Unsurprisingly, such an abundance of solidified jam caused the actress to splutter and vomit multiple times during the course of filming.
The only upside was that Clarke didn’t need to worry about her performance too much – there was no need to act when the fake hearts were so grotesque.