Emilia Clarke’s portrayal of Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones made her a star. Clarke played Daenerys as regal, proud, indomitable. Whether she was riding a horse, riding a dragon or sitting a throne, you knew she was not to be messed with.

Apparently, this was something of a happy mistake on Clarke’s part, who played the character as very upright and straight-backed because she was too nervous to do anything else. “People often spoke about Khaleesi’s very straight back being very good posture. I was a terrified 22-year-old. My mama told me to sit up straight, so I did,” Clarke explained to ComicBook.com. “And then you’re stuck with it. I didn’t know I was going to go on for 10 years.”

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Later in the show’s life, Clarke even tried to convince Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss to let her look a little more relaxed, maybe slouch a little, but by then it was too late. “Every time with David and Dan I’d be like, ‘What if she’s sitting in a throne like this?’ And they’re like, ‘No, you can’t.’”

Emilia Clarke applied lessons from Game of Thrones to Secret Invasion

Clarke isn’t about to lock herself into a weird shape again. You’ll soon be able to see her on Secret Invasion as the shape-shifting Skrull alien G’iah, who sits anyway she pleases. “So with G’iah, I was like, ‘She’s be nimble, she’s be flexible, she’s a mover,’” Clarke said.

Secret Invasion premieres on Disney+ on June 21.

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