Actress Emilia Clarke has revealed that she was approached to play Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades of Grey but turned it down as she didn’t want to do nudity again.
The 28-year-old actress, who plays Daenerys Targaryen in hit HBO show Game of Thrones, is no stranger to onscreen nudity.
However, she has said that she turned down the role of Anastasia Steele as she didn’t want to be typecast.
Emilia as Daenerys Targaryen.
Speaking to Marie Claire, the actress said: “There is a huge amount of nudity in the film.
“I’ll never say ‘I’m never doing nudity’ because I’ve already done it, but I thought I might get stuck in a pigeonhole that I would have struggled to get out of.”
The actress recently finished filming Terminator Genisys.
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson, who recently announced she was leaving the franchise, was a pulling point for Emilia.
The actress admitted: “I really wanted to work with Sam Taylor-Johnson because she’s f**king amazing.”
Actress Dakota Johnson went on to play the role.
The film, which starred Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele and Jamie Dornan as the BDSM-loving Christian Grey, was a box office hit despite being slammed by critics.
Still, Emilia insists she has “no regrets” about turning the risqué role down and is busy preparing for upcoming drama Me Before You.
