Khaleesi Emilia Clarke wants you to fight harder for reducing gender pay gap

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke says it is "shocking" to discover that so many women in the business are paid less than their male counterparts.

The 31-year-old actor, who stars as Daenerys Targaryen in the hit HBO series, says she has always been paid the same as her male co-stars, but believes people need to fight "harder" to completely eliminate gender pay gap.

''On Game of Thrones I've always been paid the same as my male co-stars. But it's shocking when you start to dig deep and see it's rife in the industry. You have to fight harder for that stuff," Clarke told Ok! magazine.

The actor said she gets "frustrated" when people ask her about playing strong female characters.

''I'm like: 'I'm going to tell you how it feels to play a woman.' The end. That's it. Find another adjective, damn it! I'm just playing women. Enough already with the strong woman. I get frustrated with that. You don't get strong me unless it's physically strong," she said.