SPECIAL FEATURE: EMILIA CLARKE TALKS ABOUT BECOMING SARAH CONNOR IN “TERMINATOR GENISYS” MOVIE

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke talks about switching gears from queen to kick butt hero in the new Terminator Genisys movie.

Emilia Clarke is spreading her wings and leaving Westeros to take on Skynet and a famous Terminator assassin in the new movie Terminator Genisys.

In Terminator Genisys, when John Connor (Jason Clarke), leader of the human resistance against Skynet, sends Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) back to 1984 to protect his mother, Sarah (Clarke), from a Terminator assassin, an unexpected turn of events creates an altered timeline. Instead of a scared waitress, Sarah is a skilled fighter and has a Terminator guardian (Arnold Schwarzenegger) by her side. Faced with unlikely allies and dangerous new enemies, Reese sets out on an unexpected new mission: reset the future.

In this behind-the-scenes video, Clarke and cast talk about making the movie and the importance of Sarah Connor as a hero.

Terminator Genisys opens July 1 and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jason Clarke and Jai Courtney. - Paramount Pictures.

-Toni-Marie Ippolito