Emilia Clarke Responds to 'Game of Thrones' Sexism Claims

Emilia Clarke is opening up to fire back at critics who call her HBO series Game of Thrones a sexist show.

“There’s so much controversy. Yet that’s what’s beautiful about Game of Thrones – it’s depiction of women in so many different stages of development,” the 29-year-old actress told Entertainment Weekly.

“There are women depicted as sexual tools, women who have zero rights, women who are queens but only to a man, and then there are women who are literally unstoppable and as powerful as you can possibly imagine,” Emilia continued. “So it pains me to hear people taking Thrones out of context with anti-feminist spin – because you can’t do that about this show. It shows the range that happens to women, and ultimately shows women are not only equal, but have a lot of strength.”

Emilia also commented on how no one asks the male actors on the show about showing skin.

“How many times has [Daario actor Michiel Huisman] been asked about the fact he’s taken his clothes off a bunch? Is that even a discussion? No,” she said.