With almost no professional experience behind me, I’d been given the role of Daenerys Targaryen, also known as Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Lady of Dragonstone, Breaker of Chains, Mother of Dragons. Martin’s “ A Song of Ice and Fire” novels. I had just finished filming the first season of “ Game of Thrones,” a new HBO series based on George R. I’ve never told this story publicly, but now it’s time. Just when all my childhood dreams seemed to have come true, I nearly lost my mind and then my life.
