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Kit Harington has explained what he thinks is the “mistake” in how game of Thrones ended with the admission that “mistakes were made”.
In 2019 game of Thrones ended with a finale that is considered one of the most hated in television history. Many, including people associated with the series, complained that the shortened final season felt like a rushed production.
The actor has previously spoken openly about his time on the show, revealing that he was initially “disappointed” by an unexpected plot twist involving his character Jon Snow. But he was more composed when it came to sharing his thoughts on the maligned finale.
Two years after the finale aired, Harington said USA Today the answer: “Since I finished the show, I’m learning to be proud of what we did. The fact that some people were upset about the ending just shows how much it affected people, and that’s a wonderful thing. I’m still processing all of that, but I’m proud of it.”
The actor, who will appear in the new season of industrynow speaks more honestly about his thoughts. In a new interview with GQ hypeHarington attributed the lower quality of last season to exhaustion.
“I think if there was a mistake at the end Thronesis that we were all so damn tired that we couldn’t have carried on any longer,” he said. “And so I understand that some people thought it was rushed, and I might agree with them. But I’m not sure there was an alternative.”
Harington said that when he “looks at pictures of me from this last season,” he sees that he looks “exhausted.”
He continued: “I didn’t have another season in me.”
The actor addressed the finale directly, saying, “I think there were mistakes made story-wise, maybe towards the end. I think there were some interesting choices that didn’t quite work.”
Elsewhere in the interview, in which he also talks about his abstinence, Harington explained why a planned spin-off revolving around his character is no longer being worked on.
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“I can tell you that HBO came to me and asked, ‘Would you consider this?’ My first reaction was no. And then I thought there might be an interesting and important story about the soldier after the war. I felt like maybe there was still something to be said and a story to be told, albeit on a fairly limited scale.
“We spent a couple of years developing it back and forth. And it just didn’t… nothing excited us enough.”
Harington said he “backed out” because he thought, “If we keep pushing this forward and developing it, we might end up with something that is not good.”
The actor can currently be seen in the HBO series industry Season three, which will air in the UK on BBC One and iPlayer later this year, and on stage in Slave game. Read the full article online at GQ hype Now.
