Actress Tamzin Merchant was originally meant to star as the Mother of Dragons. David M. Benett/Getty Images / HBO Actress Tamzin Merchant was originally cast as Daenerys in "Game of Thrones." But ...

Emilia Clarke will forever be known as Daenerys Targaryen thanks to her eight-season stint on HBO’s blockbuster series “Game of Thrones,” but she is not the actress who was originally cast as the ...

Speaking about the pilot publically for the first time, Merchant looks back on the experience now as a "great lesson" on a number of levels. "Shooting that pilot was a really great lesson," the ...

It’s been about t10 years since the show’s pilot was ordered, and a lot has changed since we all first visited Winterfell. For instance, Emilia Clarke was just a recent drama school grad with nary a ...

Tamzin Merchant is finally opening up about playing Daenerys in the unaired Game of Thrones pilot. In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Merchant revealed that she attempted to back out of the ...

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Before Emilia Clarke signed on to play Daenerys in Game of Thrones, HBO hired a different actress, Tamzin Merchant, to play the role in the pilot. Merchant hasn't said much about her experience as the ...

“Shooting that pilot was a really great lesson,” Merchant shared with Entertainment Weekly. “It was an affirmation about listening to my instincts and following them, because I tried to back out of ...

British actress, Tamzin Merchant chats about her new role in WGN America TV series “Salem”. She also talks about her experience on set in Shreveport, Louisiana and reveals her thoughts on her ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: As we get closer and closer to the Game of Thrones Season 8 premiere, it’s no surprise that some of us are getting a little nostalgic. It’s been about ten years since the ...

In anticipation of the Salem Season 2 finale, Salem’s own Cotton Mather (Seth Gabel) and Anne Hale (Tamzin Merchant) jumped on the phone with reporters to share their thoughts on their characters and ...

Tamzin Merchant has revived Shakespeare’s Juliet in an entirely new light. “Juliet Remembered” is Merchant’s second short film, the first being “American Virgin,” the story of a 17-year-old girl who ...