Elizabeth Olsen Auditioned For A Major Game Of Thrones Role Before Wanda & She Still Can’t Forget The Experience

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Elizabeth Olsen Almost Played A Major Game Of Thrones Character Before Becoming Marvel's Scarlet Witch
Elizabeth Olsen’s Failed Game Of Thrones Audition Is An Experience She Still Can’t Forget (Photo Credit: A24)

Can you imagine anyone else playing Wanda now? Probably not, but we’d never have gotten to see Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff if she had cracked her Game of Thrones audition.

Yes, Olsen had actually auditioned to play the Mother of Dragons in Game of Thrones, but things didn’t go as per plans.

Later, Emilia Clarke took on the role and made Daenerys famous, but Olsen was left with a pretty embarrassing audition story. In fact, she still remembers it as the most awkward audition of her career.

Elizabeth Olsen’s Game Of Thrones Character Was A Disaster

In a 2019 interview with Vulture, Elizabeth Olsen revealed that she had auditioned for almost every role she could find when she was starting her career. One of those iconic roles was Daenerys Targaryen in HBO’s Game of Thrones.

In the interview, Elizabeth Olsen recalled, “I auditioned for Khaleesi.” She added, “It was the most awkward audition I’d ever had.” Olsen went on to explain that she had to perform a speech from the show’s first season.

The scene required Daenerys to speak in front of thousands of people and declare herself their queen. But there was one problem. The casting team couldn’t decide what accent Daenerys should have. So, Olsen had to deliver the same speech in two different accents.

The experience was so embarrassing that Olsen never forgot it. …read more

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