Actress Emilia Clarke has set the record straight on long-standing rumours surrounding the salaries earned by the cast of the hit fantasy series Game of Thrones, calling the reported figures ‘wildly exaggerated’, according to Page Six.
In a recent interview with Variety, Clarke refuted claims that she and several of her co-stars earned as much as USD 300,000 per episode during the show’s run.
‘We didn’t earn that much,’ Clarke said, dismissing the viral reports that have circulated for years, according to Page Six. Reacting to the reported figure, the actress jokingly added, ‘Can you imagine? I’d have been driving a couple of Porsches!’ Clarke, who portrayed Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO phenomenon, did not reveal how much the cast actually earned but maintained that the figures published over the years were significantly overstated. The actress also declined to comment on previous reports suggesting that some of the show’s leading stars were earning up to USD 500,000 per episode. (ANI)
