Kit Harington has shut down a ‘c**p’ fan theory about the Night King on Game Of Thrones.
In episode three of season eight, fans were stunned to see Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) kill the Night King, ridding Westeros of his icy zombies.
Some viewers have suggested that it was actually Jon Snow (Harington) who egged her on and instructed her to carry out the heroic act.
But Kit is adamant that his character wasn’t involved.
Asked by The Hollywood Reporter if the idea was ‘flatly ridiculous’, the actor replied: ‘Yeah, come on. What, the big man goes and tells the little girl to go and [do it]?
‘No thanks. That’s c**p. She did it all on her own. It had nothing to do with Jon.’
He also recalled the shocking scene that saw Kit murder his lover Daenerys Targaryen as he feared she had become dangerous.
Kit revealed they spent three weeks filming the scene as they desperately wanted to get it right.
‘We felt a sense of responsibility over it. We shot the hell out of it. It was essentially a page and a half of dialogue, and we spent three weeks filming it. They wanted to shoot every conceivable angle, every way, to make sure they got it the way they wanted it,’ he added.
‘With a highly emotionally charged scene like that, it’s quite a lot, for everyone – the crew, me, and Emilia. It was tiring. It’s one of the hardest things we filmed.’
Despite admitting that he could see the season was heading towards Jon stabbing Daenerys, it was still a huge shock to him when it happened.
‘I was completely surprised by it even though you can kind of see the path through the season of how it was getting there – and even the previous couple of seasons before that, once you can look back,’ he continued. ‘But it was still a big shock to me.’
Game Of Thrones is available to watch on Sky Atlantic and NOW TV.
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