Game of Thrones fans may still debate the series finale into the 2025 TV schedule, but many can likely agree that the character with the most iconic look on the show was Daenerys Targaryen. White hair with braids? Snazzy outfits that expanded to include snazzy coats when she made it to wintery Westeros? Dragons swooping around her? Iconic. (You can stream the series now with an HBO Max subscription.) Actress Emilia Clarke wanted to take some of the awesome props home with her when filming wrapped, and she thought she was in luck until discovering that she'd been bamboozled.
The actress, who has also appeared in Star Wars and Marvel projects over the years to establish herself as a favorite within genre projects, appeared on BBC Radio 1 not too long after the series finale in 2019 to weigh in on what she took from the set when she finished her time as Dany... or, more specifically, what she didn't take from the set because she believed the studio had her covered. She said:
