Emilia Clarke starts poetry drive for charity, and other Game of Thrones veteran news

The Game of Thrones stars, like the rest of us, are still stuck in quarantine. How are they making the most of it? Let’s find out.

Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) took to Instagram the other day to kick off a new initiative. She’s been getting into poetry during her time in isolation, and decided to gather some people together to read poems from the collection, The Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-and-True Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind and Soul.

As Clarke says, every performer will dedicate their reading to a charity of their choosing. Clarke herself has a charity — SameYou, which helps people cope with stroke and brain injury — knows that people need the help that these organizations provide now more than ever. We’ll be watching to see who else is involved in her effort.

Speaking of charity, Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) is making headlines for donating £50,000 to the Bristol Animal Rescue Centre after it put out a call for aid last week. With fundraising events cancelled and adoptions slowed, this donation came along at exactly the right time.

The staff at the shelter put up a very sweet video thanking Williams for her contribution, and Williams was quick to respond:

“Bristol A.R.C. changes the lives of animals everyday and Sonny, my dog who I adopted from them a few years ago, has changed my life in many ways for the better,” Williams wrote of her donation. “It’s so important in these difficult times not to forget about charities like Bristol A.R.C. that need our help. So please make a donation to their appeal if you can. We all need to stick together in these dark times and keep the world spinning regardless.”

And now for something completely different: while we may know him best as Gregor “the Mountain” Clegane, Game of Thrones star Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson is also a professional strongman with several world strength records to his name, and he’s looking to add more. This Saturday, ESPN will air Björnsson’s attempt to deadlift 1,104 pounds, hopefully breaking the record of 1,102 pounds set by Eddie Hall in 2016.

Basically, it’ll look like this, but with more weight:

ESPN will air Björnsson’s attempt, which he will undertake in his native Iceland, at 4:00 p.m. EST this Saturday. Break a leg! Or don’t, actually…good luck!

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