Game of Thrones Season 8 is right around the corner. As of now, we are in the final heat of cast interviews, press junkets, and photos, before the final season drops on April 14th. The latest one is from the Emmy Magazine, which recently did a cover feature of our very own King in the North, Kit Harington (Jon Snow). Kit talked about the end of the show, and how he believes it “will be strong”. Read on!
Starting off, he commented on the brooding persona of Jon Snow:
“I have played possibly the unfunniest character ever to have graced television.”
He moved on to talk about Season 8, and the end of the show:
“I think it will be strong. But you don’t want to mess it up on the very last outing. I haven’t watched a single series that has a following like Thrones does where everyone is satisfied with the ending. I don’t think that it’ll be any different with this. I think it will divide opinion.”
Game of Thrones is a show that is easily one of the most spoiled TV series ever, and Kit discussed why he hasn’t spoiled the ending of the show to anybody:
“It’s not because I don’t trust people; it’s because they don’t want to know. I wouldn’t want to spoil it for them. There’s a part of me, in my head, that thinks they might have completely changed the ending anyway. Maybe they’ll put in something that we never saw. I don’t know. So we’ll see, but no, I haven’t told anyone.”
He also talked about his last day of shooting, and how emotional it was:
“David and Dan [Benioff and Weiss, the showrunners] said a few things about each of the actors as we finished. I sort of started sobbing. I couldn’t get through what I wanted to say. It felt very much like school-leavers, but from the most important school I’ve been to by a long way.”
He ended the interview with a comment about how Game of Thrones is finally being seen as a serious drama, instead of just a show with dragons and magic:
“The show has changed people’s opinion of high fantasy, for sure. It’s finally getting the credit it’s due.”
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