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Originally Posted by maxatlof
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well you know that technically, Emilia Clarke already
was a recasting, right? There was an initial version of the pilot episode that D&D wrote and was shot, but it was deemed so awful it almost made the series never come to fruition. They did a page 1 rewrite of the script, and recast a number of actors, the most central of which was Danerys. I forget the name of the actress who played her in that original pilot, but she's never since really done much else of note.
and I guess even getting to see that original pilot would be something of a holy grail in modern television lore, but just for the rareness of it. I'm sure it was as bad as they thought it was
although having said that, I don't think they re-shot 100% of it, there are a handful of details/scenes that carried over into the aired new pilot.