It’s been more than five years now game of Thrones The finale has aired, but Kit Harington is still getting questions about the hit HBO series. You’d think he’d have mostly fond memories – he met his wife Rose Leslie on the show and at one point teamed up to film a sequel centered around his character Jon Snow. (It was later scrapped.) But in a new interview, he admitted that by the end of season eight, he was burned out.
An article published by British GQ magazine (via Variety) mentioned some of his migration worries game of Thrones As fame brought him (he had to keep his curls a certain length; people screamed at him in the street “You know nothing!”), Harington said the show had to end for one big reason.
“I think if there’s anything wrong with the ending game of Thronesit’s just that we’re all too fucking tired and we can’t go on any longer,” he explained.
He’s also well aware that fan disappointment over the show’s final season remains. “I understand some people think this is rushed, and I would probably agree with them,” he said. “But I’m not sure there’s any other option. I look at pictures from my final season and I look tired. I look exhausted. I don’t have another season.
Regarding the ending, he told the magazine, “Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I think from a story perspective, maybe some mistakes were made in the final stages. I think there were some interesting choices that didn’t quite work. (This The article also included Harington’s recollection of entering rehab as the finale was about to air: “I went in and everyone was like game of Thrones;I came out and everyone hated it…I was like, what the hell is going on? !
While Harington did talk about a Jon Snow spinoff, there was never one (“In the end, I kind of backed out and said, ‘I think if we push this further and keep developing it, we might end up getting “Something bad is the last thing we want to see”), and he also very reasonably stated that he is now ready to put this role in the past: “It is important to do my job and let people Come to see me, not see me.
As for his short-lived Marvel Cinematic Universe career, he actually wasn’t opposed to seeing his work Eternals Character Dane Whitman returns, though that seems unlikely: “If Marvel calls, you have to do it.”
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