Emilia Clarke feared Game Of Thrones bosses would fire her after she suffered two brain haemorrhages that left her ‘altered on a dramatic level’

Emilia Clarke has revealed how she feared Game Of Thrones bosses would fire her from the smash hit HBO series after she suffered two brain haemorrhages.

The actress, 37, who played the now iconic Daenerys Targaryen, suffered bleeds on her brain in 2011 and 2013 which she said left her ‘altered on a dramatic level’.

Emilia first had a haemorrhage just after the first series of Game Of Thrones had finished filming, and she lost her ability to speak as she almost slipped into a coma.

Her second left her in need of surgery after scans showed it had doubled in size, and Emilia has previously told how she was in the ‘really small minority’ of people who have survived and been left with ‘no repercussions’.

She told Big Issue: ‘When you have a brain injury, it alters your sense of self on such a dramatic level, all of the insecurities you have going into the workplace quadruple overnight’.