Blake's Take: Emilia Clarke is Esquire Magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive

Esquire Magazine has crowned Game of Thrones’ Mother of Dragons, the Mother of All Sexy Women… Or Sexiest Woman Alive or something.

28 year old Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys “Khaleesi” Targaryen on HBO’s Game of Thrones, has been crowned the Sexiest Woman Alive by Esquire Magazine. She was also named GQ’s Woman of the Year earlier in 2015. Check out the Esquire cover below:

In the accompanying article, Clarke talks about how she didn’t fit the description for Daenerys. Check out this excerpt:

“And then my agent calls me up and says, ‘Did you ever go up for Game of Thrones?’ ” The original pilot for the show had already been shot but nobody was happy with it, so HBO was digging back into the casting pile to try and save it. This is where Emilia came in. “My agent told the casting director, ‘I know that the breakdown for this character is tall and willowy and blonde. I know she’s short and round and brown, but I’d like you to see her.’ “

Another portion of the article detailed Clarke’s ability to blur all lines:

“She manages to bring together a number of opposites, to make them natural: sweetness and toughness, emotionalism with a kind of cold-blooded determination. Something in these contrasts explains her sex appeal, too. She can play queen and kid sister, dominatrix and pal.”

Check out the full feature HERE and Esquire’s video with Emilia below:

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