An undeniably talented actress, Emilia Clarke has garnered the attention of audiences for her pivotal performances and intriguing beauty. In 2013, Clarke received an Emmy Award nomination her portrayal of Daenerys Targaryen (or the Mother of Dragons) on HBOâs hit fantasy series âGame of Thrones,â based on the bestselling novels by George R.R. Martin.
To take on the iconic character of Sarah Connor, the filmmakers of Paramount Pictures’ âTerminator Genisysâ chose Emilia Clarke for the role. âWe go back a long way,â smiles director Alan Taylor, clearly happy to be working with his âGame of Thronesâ star again.
Producer David Ellison interjects, âWe all love `Game of Thrones,’ and there is a strength, and a sense of honor and nobility to Emiliaâthose are things that canât be taught. You either have them or you donât. I think those attributes work perfectly for Sarah Connor, whom I consider a seminal female heroine in cinema.â

While the guardianship of Sarah has had an effect on the Guardian, the Guardianâs presence has also affected Sarah. Co-star Jason Clarke feels, âEmilia brings a strength in femininityâthe Sarah we pick up now is different. She didnât have to grow up without a strong parental presence. I think thereâs a bit more confidence in the woman, not just the paranoia of knowing thereâs a future out there thatâs trying to end her existence. Thereâs a bit more âgirl about townâ that I think helpsâyou can see her truly start to fall in love with Kyle Reese.â
The weeks prior to the start of principal photography for âTerminator Genisysâ saw Emilia Clarke entering the arena of trainingâthe very physical shooting schedule included stunts, fights, heavy wirework andâŚweapons.
Clarke jokes, âYeah, there was training every day with guns, lots of guns, and then some more guns, and then a few more guns thrown in. I didnât know anything about guns before this film, and now, well, I know a lot about guns! Since I had done some stunt work before, they also had me preparing, to get a physical understanding of what was going to be needed. This Sarah was brought up by a Terminator to be a warrior, so she has a huge body of knowledge when it comes to fighting and survival. So a lot of what was done was to help me feel comfortable embodying that part of Sarah, always being prepared. I worked with an amazing military advisor, and a weapons specialist, and then stunts and just physical training.â
Paramount Pictures presents the action-thriller âTerminator Genisysâ starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, J.K. Simmons Matthew Smith, and Byung-hun Lee.
In the film, when John Connor (Jason Clarke), leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese (Courtney) back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke) and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured timeline. Now, Sgt. Reese finds himself in a new and unfamiliar version of the past, where he is faced with unlikely allies, including a new T-800 terminator, the Guardian (Schwarzenegger), dangerous new enemies, and an unexpected new mission: To reset the futureâŚ
Opening across the Philippines on July 01, âTerminator Genisysâ is distributed by United International Pictures through Columbia Pictures.