It’s incredible to learn that Emilia Clarke, star of Solo: A Star Wars Story and the zeitgeist-busting Game of Thrones, suffered not one but two brain aneurysms 11 years ago while she was a 24 year old fresh-faced actor making what would be the worlds most spoken about show. Speaking to the BBC, she discussed the repercussions of that and how lucky she is to have recovered to live an a normal life, albeit one with the spectre of her health hanging over her.
“The amount of my brain that is no longer usable — it’s remarkable that I am able to speak, sometimes articulately, and live my life completely normally with absolutely no repercussions. I am in the really, really, really small minority of people that can survive that.”
“There’s quite a bit missing! Which always makes me laugh. Because strokes, basically, as soon as any part of your brain doesn’t get blood for a second, it’s gone. And so the blood finds a different route to get around but then whatever bit is missing is therefore gone.”