Kit Harington may be happily living in the Wizarding World right now thanks to his turn as Gilderoy Lockhart in the new Harry Potter full‑cast audiobooks, but there’s one fantasy job he is absolutely not interested in revisiting: a Game of Thrones audiobook. When asked who he’d want to voice Jon Snow in a hypothetical Thrones audio series, Harington shut the door firmly.
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Asked who should voice Jon Snow in a hypothetical Thrones audiobook, Harington answered: “No, god no.”
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He calls himself “a big book nerd” and says he’s listened to the Stephen Fry Harry Potter audiobooks every night for six or seven years.
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Harington describes Gilderoy Lockhart as “a lovely little, entertaining, tragic comical character” and says taking the role was “a no‑brainer.”
Drawing a line under Jon Snow
Speaking about the idea of returning to Westeros in audio form, Harington was blunt. When Variety asked who should voice Jon Snow in a new Game of Thrones audiobook came up, he replied: “No, god no. I don’t wanna go anywhere near it. I spent 10 years doing that. Thanks, I’m alright.”
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It’s a rare, crystal‑clear boundary from an actor who has otherwise remained gracious about the show that made him a global star. Ten years of inhabiting Jon—from the frozen ramparts of the Wall to the ruins of King’s Landing—seems to have been more than enough, and he’s clearly not eager to re‑live it line by line in a recording booth.
Leaning into Lockhart, leaving Westeros behind
The contrast with how he talks about Harry Potter is striking. In the same interview, Harington calls himself “a big book nerd,” says he “grew up” with the novels, and admits he’s gone to bed “every evening for the past six or seven years” listening to the Stephen Fry audiobooks as a kind of comfort ritual. Taking on Lockhart—who he describes as “a lovely little, entertaining, tragic comical character”—was, in his words, “a no‑brainer.”
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