Emilia Clarke covers Vogue UK in a Dany-esque blonde wig: cute or fug?

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Emilia Clarke covers the May issue of Vogue UK as a blonde. Interestingly enough, Emilia doesn’t dye her hair blonde for Game of Thrones, and she didn’t go magically blonde for this Vogue shoot either. She’s wearing a wig on the cover. Why did they do that? So she would look more like Daenerys? Because people don’t always recognize her as a brunette? It’s a weird choice. In the Vogue shoot, Emilia just looks really sleepy and I feel sort of sorry for her. This is her first big Vogue shoot and the styling is just kind of… blah. Some highlights from the interview:

GoT sex scenes: ‘We’ve been able to take it to a very real level. It was never pretending to be a show for kids! It’s gritty in a good, realistic way.’

Living in a hotel in Belfast: “I went back to Game of Thrones and it was like coming home. Just the smell of the hotel in Belfast made me feel safe. I told myself, forget the big game plan; all I want is to do jobs that make me happy.”

What her family thinks of GoT: “When I first read the scripts, I was on holiday with my family. I told my dad, you’re not going to be able to watch the first five episodes.”

[From Vogue UK]

It’s funny that she didn’t want her parents to watch the first episodes. GoT is such a cultural phenomenon that I would suspect that all of the actors’ parents are obsessed with the show and family members are always trying to pry information out of their children.

Emilia also sat down with THR to talk about what would happen if Daenerys ever met some of the men of the show, like Jamie Lannister (Emilia says Dany would “bed” him), Tyrion (she says Dany would probably like him) and John Snow. She even responds to the R+L=J rumor/theory – go here to watch the video.

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Photos courtesy of Vogue UK.

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23 Responses to “Emilia Clarke covers Vogue UK in a Dany-esque blonde wig: cute or fug?”

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  1. mazzie says:

    That wig looks like her dragons were playing with it before she put it on.

  2. GoodNamesAllTaken says:

    I actually like her better blonde, but that wig color sort of washes her out.

    • mayamae says:

      She looked much better in season one, because it looked like they lightened her eyebrows. The platinum hair just doesn’t look right with very dark eyebrows.

      • Sarah says:

        I think her eyebrows darken the fiercer she gets! Theyre emphasizing her innocence in S01 and get progressively darker. She looks amazing either way!

  3. TashaNorth says:

    I like it. A little dread-y. I think she looks great with the bleached hair, it suits her!

  4. GlimmerBunny says:

    I think she’s so much prettier as a blonde so I like the cover. Hate Daenerys as a character but Emilia herself seems really nice. So excited that it’s less than a week until GoT returns!!!

  5. Alyce says:

    I think she looks like she fell asleep and they woke her up and immediately started taking pictures. She’s a gorgeous woman in my opinion (to be the middle a Dany and Drogo sandwich is my dream). I don’t know why they did this to her.

  6. Sayrah says:

    Who cares!? T minus 5 days til the premier.

  7. mimif says:

    That last pic is me when I find my mom’s Xanax stash.

    • Abbott says:

      That’s also my face while watching her character the last 2 seasons.

      • mimif says:

        No sh-t. I heard she’s gonna “buhreak the wheel” tho.

      • Abbott says:

        If ‘bureak the wheel’ (said in Stefon’s voice) means she’s going to stare into the horizon whilst mologuing about being the dragon mother who dragon mothers better than all the other dragon mothers and then goes back to pardoning goats, then sure…

        (I’m still so excited. 5 days!!!!)

      • mayamae says:

        They’re teasing that Tyrion will team up with Dany, and that would make her very interesting again. I would love to see his reaction to her dragons.

    • Bea says:

      crying.

  8. Josefa says:

    She’s soooooo pretty, but these pics are awful. As for her hair, she looks great either way.

  9. Observer says:

    She looks Like Tom Hiddleston on the cover

    • Joanne_S says:

      Whoa… I’ll be damned, you’re on to something here!…

      Actually, hang on a second. No. Tommy’s prettier. Moving along!

  10. BB says:

    Beautiful woman (not that great of an actrice on GoT though), but these pictures aren’t doing her any favors. It’s Jon Snow btw 😉

  11. jujoki says:

    she’s gorgeous, but that wig gives me some strong Sky Ferreira-vibes. Not good.

  12. Clara says:

    I think she looks great on the cover. I like the fact her hair doesn’t look ‘done’