Game Of Thrones star Kit Harington secretly checked himself into rehab to deal with some ‘personal issues’ as Game Of Thrones came to an end.
The original report in PageSix said that the Jon Snow actor has been spending time at the $120,000 (£94,000) a month luxury wellness retreat Prive-Swiss in Connecticut, amid claims he is being treated for ‘stress and alcohol’ following the conclusion of his career-defining franchise.
A representative for the actor confirmed to metro.co.uk: ‘Kit has decided to utilise this break in his schedule as an opportunity to spend some time at a wellness retreat to work on some personal issues.’
The actor shot to fame playing Jon Snow in the HBO series – but what else can we look forward to seeing him in now that Game Of Thrones is over?
Here’s what you need to know.
What is Kit Harington doing next?
The actor’s next project has yet to be confirmed, although he said last month he had begun to plot his departure from dark drama after playing Jon Snow since 2011.
‘Comedy? Yeah, I’d love to,’ he said. ‘I love it. I love doing really stupid s**t, so that’s what I want to do.’
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He has however said that he wouldn’t want to take on another series as demanding as Game Of Thrones – and would be keen to make something in London, perhaps along the lines of Richard Madden’s hit Bodyguard.
‘That’d be perfect. Bodyguard 2, maybe,’ he told Variety – but also said that any series he did would have to be ‘extraordinarily special, and it would have to shoot in London. I think there’s enough to dip my hand in without doing a six-year marathon.’
What has Kit Harington done recently?
As well as Game Of Thrones the actor’s voice was also heard in the animated hit How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, as former dragon hunter Eret.
He also appeared on the London stage alongside Johnny Flynn in a revival of Sam Shephard’s play True West, which ran at the Vaudeville Theatre from November last year until February.
As well as Game Of Thrones Kit also guest-hosted an instalment of Saturday Night Live in April, right before the final series of GoT debuted on screens.
Meanwhile those who saw the Game Of Thrones documentary The Last Watch saw Kit’s emotional reaction to the table read of the final episode, where the actor cried as he read the script.
What did Kit Harington say about Game Of Thrones ending?
The actor admitted that he ‘broke down’ straight after the filming of the final episode – and how it felt to take off Jon Snow’s costume, saying it felt as though he was being ‘skinned’.
‘My final day of shooting, I felt fine… I felt fine… I felt fine… then I went to do my last shots and started hyperventilating a bit,’ he told Esquire. ‘Then they called “Wrap!” and I just f***ing broke down. It was this onslaught of relief and grief about not being able to do this again.’
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