While Emilia Clarke and most of her game of Thrones While the crew members were relatively unknown at the start of the series, their salaries skyrocketed after the series was renewed in 2014. The actress reportedly earned a whopping $300,000 per episode in seasons 5 and 6. Considering each season consisted of 10 episodes, her total earnings would have been $6 million.

However, the actress’ salary increased significantly in seasons 7 and 8, which explains why she was not cast for a cameo appearance in House of Dragons.

Emilia Clarke’s enormous earnings for the last two seasons of RECEIVE

It was first reported in 2017 that the top actors of game of Thrones earned a salary of $2.6 million per episode for the penultimate and final season of the series. However, this was later refuted when it was revealed that Emilia Clarke demanded $500,000 per episode for the final two seasons. RECEIVEwhich included a total of 13 episodes. Considering that Clarke only spoke three words in the premiere of the 7th season, “Shall we begin?”Each word would technically have been worth about $166,000.

But that doesn’t mean that an actor’s worth can be measured by the words they speak. Even though the show failed with its last installment, the actors, including Clarke, gave it their all with their performances. Moreover, the actress also addressed the issue of the gender pay gap in the industry, with Clarke making sure she earned as much as her male co-stars in the last two installments.

Emilia Clarke explained her reasons for not watching House of the Dragon

When asked about her opinion on House of the Dragonthe the RECEIVE IP is back on the scene after a disastrous 8th season, Emilia Clarke has revealed that she hasn’t watched the spin-off yet. Although the actress made it clear that she is thrilled about the series’ success, she isn’t entirely comfortable with the experience as it has nothing to do with her.

No! Can you (forgive) me? It’s too weird. I’m so happy it’s happening. I’m so excited about all the awards… I just can’t do it. It’s so weird. It’s so strange. It’s like someone saying, “You want to go to that class reunion that’s not in your year? Do you want to go to that class reunion?” That’s how it feels. I avoid it.

Clarke is not the only one RECEIVE Star who has distanced himself from the acclaimed spin-off as Kit Harrington had a similar perspective House of the DragonConsidering that the actor has spent a considerable part of the last decade playing the role of Jon Snow, he has no intention of revisiting that chapter of his life any time soon.

game of Thrones And House of the Dragon can be streamed on Max.