Emilia Clarke: Game of Thrones star reveals she broke a rib while filming raunchy scenes for Ponies
Emilia Clarke says she broke a rib while filming intense sex scenes for her new spy thriller Ponies.
The Game of Thrones star, 39, revealed her awkward injury in an interview about the Cold War-era drama, which is set in the 1970s. The series follows Bea, played by Clarke, and Twila, played by Haley Lu Richardson, as they investigate their husbands’ deaths while working as CIA operatives.
Speaking to TheWrap, Clarke said the injury happened during a day of filming that involved multiple sex scenes with different actors.
She said: “Just keep bringing it. I’m going to sit on this thing, you’re going to bring them in, we’re going to pretend to have sex. I broke a rib that day.”
Richardson, 30, added: “She really did - she’s such a tiny, sensitive body. It meant she broke a rib.”
The injury also led to an awkward conversation with Clarke’s doctor when she had to explain how it happened.
It comes after Clarke recently opened up about struggling after Game of Thrones ended. She said she experienced a “full mental breakdown” when the series finished nd has since stepped away from the fantasy genre.
She said: “It was the first time in my professional life that I stopped. I had a full mental breakdown.
“It was almost as if the timing of the pandemic was bang on.”
Prior to the HBO show, Clarke was best known for the romance film Me Before You - and since Game of Thrones finished has gone on to star in projects like Solo: A Star Wars Story and Marvel’s Secret Invasion show.