Before she was the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Wanda Maximoff, Elizabeth Olsen scored an audition for Game of Thrones. The audition in question was for the character of Daenerys Targaryen, one of the show's main characters and a role that ended up making Emilia Clarke a household name. As Olsen herself puts it, her try out for the role was nothing more than "awful."
"Yes, I auditioned for Game of Thrones," the WandaVision star said. "I auditioned for, like, the assistant to the casting director in a small room in New York with just a camera on me and then read the script. I was doing the Khaleesi speech when she came out of the fire. It was awful. I didn’t get a callback."
Olsen opened up on the situation back in 2019, saying she almost stopped the audition herself because of how awkward it was. "I should have [stopped it]," she added. "I think I would now. I'd be, 'I don't think I'm going to do this any justice... hopefully call me back at a different time for something else."
Coincidentally enough, Clarke has been cast in Marvel's Secret Invasion, so both she and Olsen are now working in the same franchise. WandaVision is now streaming in its entirety on Disney+ while Game of Thrones can be streamed on HBO Max.
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