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  2. Jan 28, 2021 · The then-21-year-old Merchant landed the female lead role in HBO's original ill-fated Game of Thrones pilot that was filmed in 2009. The pilot was famously scrapped and almost entirely reshot...

  3. Jan 28, 2021 · Tamzin Merchant on losing ‘Game of Thrones’ role: ‘It wasn’t in my heart’. By. Lauren Sarner. Published Jan. 28, 2021. Updated Jan. 28, 2021, 4:17 p.m. ET. Emilia Clarke (left) played Daenerys...

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  4. Jan 28, 2021 · Actress Tamzin Merchant was originally cast as Daenerys in "Game of Thrones." But after the first, disastrous pilot was filmed, she was replaced with Emilia Clarke. In a new interview,...

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  5. Feb 1, 2021 · Today we will be taking at look at what actress, Tamzin Merchant, said about her time on Game of Thrones. For those of you who don't know, Tamzin Merchant was the original Daenerys...

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  6. Feb 22, 2022 · Then there's Tamzin Merchant, who played Daenerys Targaryen in the original pilot before producers decided they needed someone else, and recast the role with a then-unknown Emilia Clarke.

  7. Merchant played Daenerys Targaryen in the unaired pilot of the HBO series Game of Thrones, based on George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels. The pilot was poorly received, and as a result the first episode was completely remade.

  8. Jan 29, 2021 · Tamzin Merchant, the first actress cast as Daenerys Targaryen, reveals how she was talked into and out of the pilot that was later reshot and recast. She also shares her thoughts on Emilia Clarke and the show's success.