It seems that Emilia Clarke s professional life mirrored that of her iconic Game of Thrones character, Daenerys Targaryen.

In the most recent episode of Dax Shephard s podcast Armchair Expert , the 32-year-old actor admitted that when she was plucked from obscurity to play a pivotal role on the HBO smash hit at the age of 23, she couldnt believe it and accepted the job before reading the script for the pilot. Once she got the script and realized how many nude and sex scenes shed be shooting, she thought, Oh, theres the catch.

Although Clarke said she mentally prepared herself for shooting these types of scenes, once she was naked on set, she felt extremely uncomfortable. But because she was so green in the industry at the time, she felt she was not worthy of requiring anything.

Im not worthy of needing anything at all whatever Im feeling is wrong, Clarke recalled thinking during her early days on set. Im going to go cry in the bathroom, and then Im going to come back and do the scene and it will be completely fine.

The actor said that today, she is a lot more savvy with what Im comfortable with, and what I am OK with doing, but it took her a while to get to that point. And it required the strength to stick up for herself.

Ive had fights on set before where Im like, No, the sheet stays up, and theyre like, You dont wanna disappoint your Game of Thrones fans. And Im like, Fuck you, she said.

Clarke credited her former co-star Jason Momoa, who played her husband Khal Drogo in the show, for teaching her what is acceptable and unacceptable on a set while shooting nude scenes. She noted that shed often hear Momoa yelling, Could we get her a fucking robe? Could we get her a goddamn robe? Shes shivering! to the crew after theyd wrap a more risqu scene.