Beauties say Chappelle’s got ‘Game’
RECLUSIVE COMIC Dave Chappelle lit a blazing fire under the Mother of Dragons and her top adviser at the “Game of Thrones” U.S. season premiere in San Francisco.
Emilia Clarke and Natalie Emmanuel — who (respectively) play Daenerys Targaryen and her trusted aide, Missandei, were deep in conversation at HBO’s screening afterparty when a friend brought over Chappelle, who wanted to say hello to the sultry pair.
Emmanuel, who will make her big-screen debut in “Furious 7” next week, was momentarily left speechless.
“I’m a fan!” Chappelle told the women as they struggled to compose themselves. “I love those dragons,” he said with a huge grin.
The blushing pair busted out their phones to pose for a selfie with Chappelle (r.) — sandwiching themselves on each side of him while an onlooker snarked, “Of course Chappelle found the ladies.”
Clarke (r.) slyly cooed back, “No, the ladies found Chappelle.”
The comic told Confidenti@l that he was in town for a standup gig when a friend told him HBO was screening the first episode of the hit fantasy series’ new season and holding a fancy after-party at San Francisco’s massive City Hall building — an echoing, gold-domed structure built in 1915 after an earthquake destroyed the original.
Asked if he ever planned to return to television, be it HBO, Comedy Central or even Netflix, Chappelle said he is open to the possibilities.
“It could happen when and if I feel it’s right for me,” he said.
Most of the “GoT” cast flew to San Francisco for the event, to mark season five and HBO’s new partnership with Apple. The Bay Area tech giant will launch its HBO Now streaming app exclusively on its popular devices, like iPhones, iPads and Apple TV.
More than 3,000 invited guests watched the hour-long screening, and 1,000 hit the after-party. But of that crowd, only a handful — mainly tech luminaries — got to mingle with the show’s stars in an upstairs VIP area.
Among them was Craigslist founder Craig Newmark , who said he’s been a fan of “Thrones” since George R.R. Martin began writing the books years ago. Other guests included Marc
Benioff , CEO of Salesforce.com and a distant relative of “GoT” executive producer David
Benioff . Also on hand were top staffers from Google, Apple, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, Instagram, Slack, Dolby Laboratories, Lyft, Open Table and Airbnb.