The successful HBO series game of Thrones is known for its final season, which left many of its fans very disappointed. While Jon Snow actor Kit Harington can understand that season 8 felt rushed, which was a common criticism, he said there was simply no way the series could have been made any longer, even if the writers had wanted to.

Harington thought about his game of Thrones experience in a new interview with GQ Magazine. He suggested that the problem with the final season was that the cast was so exhausted by that point and felt like they were really at the end of their rope. Harington looks back and doubts he would have lasted longer than game of Thrones ultimately with that in mind. Still, he agrees with some of the criticisms of the final season, noting that some of the decisions made at the end “didn’t quite work” as the writers intended.

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“I think if there was a mistake at the end Thronesis that we were all so damn tired, we couldn’t have continued any longerhe said. “So I understand that some people thought it was hasty, and I may agree with them. But I am not sure if there was an alternative. I look at pictures of myself from this last season and I look exhausted. I look drained. I didn’t have another season in me.”

Regarding the reaction to the series finale, Harington added: “Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I think mistakes were made in terms of the story, maybe towards the end. I think there were some interesting decisions that didn’t quite work out.”

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Although the last season was not well received, Harington thought that the revival of his character Jon Snow offered interesting storylines. He planned to take the role for a sequel series that would provide an update on Jon after the events of game of Thrones‘ final season. It was previously reported that the spinoff has since been shelved, with Harington saying he had to back out because they couldn’t come up with a story concept that excited him enough to return to Westeros.

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“I felt like maybe there was something left to say and a story to tell, albeit on a fairly limited scale. We spent a couple of years developing it back and forth. And it just wasn’t … nothing excited us enough,” Harington said. “I ended up backtracking and saying, ‘I think if we keep pushing this and developing it, we might end up with something that’s not good. And that’s the last thing we all want.'”

Harington is in the third season of industrywhich recently premiered on HBO.

Source: GQ Magazine

Game of Thrones

Nine noble families fight for control of the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after a millennia-long dormancy.

Release date

17 April 2011

Pour

Peter Dinklage, Emilia Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Sean Bean

Seasons

8

Creator

David Benioff, DB Weiss

Production company

Home Box Office (HBO), Television 360Grok! Studio

Number of episodes

73

network

HBOMax

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