By Marie-Madeleine Remoleur
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“When you spend your childhood daydreaming about what your life could be like, it’s fun to find that when your dreams come truethis can have the effect of a earthquake“, loose with her broad smile Emilia Clarke on stage in the Michel d’Ornano auditorium where she received the new hollywood awardat the Deauville American Film Festival, Sunday September 3, 2023.
Cinema has been and always will be the only thing that makes me feel better, it’s a privilege to be able to say that it’s my daily job.
The Mother of Dragons
” Artist And magician“, as the director points out Alexandre Aja who paid homage to her, Emilia Clarke knew how to make us dream. “At his side, every week, for eight seasons, we broke the chains of slavery, freed nations and conquered empires, underlines the director. She embodies on screen human resilience, courage and the fight for her ideas”.
It’s good with the cult series Game Of Thrones where she embodies Daenerys Targaryenthe Mother of Dragons, which Emilia Clarke obtained a international recognition. A role that will earn her, among other things, four Emmy Award nominations for Best Actress.
At the age of 22, I was propelled from a cannon into a cultural phenomenon that allowed me to continue dreaming while keeping a roof over my head. When Game of Thrones ended, I wasn’t sure what the next chapter of my career would be, but I knew I wanted it to be filled with creative freedom. This became my new goal as I continued to evolve into the woman I am today, to not just admire filmmakers and films, but to actively work alongside them, and gain the confidence to push me to take greater risks.
“She surprises us every time”
“While some actors sometimes find it difficult to get out of a certain registerEmilia did not afraid of nothing. From one universe to another, here she is the new Audrey Hepburn in a romantic comedy,” continues Alexandre Aja, impressed.
On the small screen or in the cinema, she has multiplied the roles of Before you of Thea Sharrock at Solo: A Star Wars Story from Ron Howard to Terminator Genisys by Alan Taylor, Dom Hemingway by Richard Shepherd, Spike Island by Mat Whitecross, the mini-series Secret Invasion or Last Christmas by Paul Feig.
It’s rare to see someone transition so gracefully from Mother of Dragons to Chewbacca’s best friend. Who would have thought that the same face that flew over Westeros on dragonback would then end up in a galaxy far, far away before becoming as badass as the Hulk. Emilia Clarke has this ability to make us pass the extraordinary completely naturally, always with that touch of British humor and the most beautiful smile in Hollywood. She captures her characters, develops them, adapts them to breathe new life into them and create roles that will remain forever etched in our memories. Film after film, series after series, she builds icons of pop culture.
” Treasure of New Hollywood“, she is also a comic book author with MOM: Mother of Mad-nessand also shines on the skateboards Broadway. “When I read the wonderful screenplay of Sophie Barthes For The Pod Generation, I did everything I could to be part of it. And every day spent alongside her brilliant mind was my reward”, says the actress present with her director for the present in preview, in Deauville.
To be recognized today by such an important and demanding festival gives me a boost of confidence that I still fear I am not worthy of. If that doesn’t make me the luckiest dreamer there is, I don’t know who could.
The strike in Hollywood
“Emilia, you are a radiant source of inspiration, you show us that laughter and commitment can coexist, that grace and humor can unite to invent the Hollywood of tomorrow”, pays tribute Alexandre Aja to Emilia Clarke. A commitment that the actress was able to make felt on stage, having a few words for the strike of screenwriters and actors in Hollywood. Strikes which “brutally remind us that the sparkling world of entertainment is not without challenges”. The actress insists: “The strike highlights the importance of unity, respect and understanding in an ever-changing landscape. We must remember that every film, every story, is the result of a collaboration and that we would not be here without our writers, actors and all the other people who contribute to this great art which is filmmaking”.
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