Culture news “I went through several addictions” This Game of Thrones star had a very difficult time with the end of the HBO series
The Game of Thrones series has allowed many actors to explode their careers. But becoming so famous so quickly can have dramatic consequences. And that’s what happened for this star of the HBO series.
After Game of Thrones for Kit Harington
There are sometimes roles that allow you to explode your career and whose shadow is constantly looming over it. And this is the case for many stars of the series Game Of Thrones. It must be said that playing a role for almost 10 years definitely sticks with you. Emilia Clarke will remain Daenerys Targaryen for many, Peter Dinklage remains inseparable from Tyrion Lannister and when we see Kit Harrington we can’t help but think of dear Jon Snow. Yes, but for the latter, this link with his former role did not only have positive effects.
During an interview for The TimesKit Harrington looked back on his post-Game Of Thrones. If the actor met with success and played in several important films including My Life with John F. Donovan by Quebec director Xavier Dolan, the comparison with his former role has continued to follow him. Yet, the actor had a plan to disassociate himself from Jon Snow. But that was obviously not enough, and Kit Harington took it rather badly:
People treated me like I was the character, who was good and a hero. But in my private life, I am light years away from feeling that way. And it shook me psychologically, in a way. I drank a lot. I have been through several addictions and all that entails. I hid a lot, among other things; which is the exact opposite of this character I played, who was incapable of telling the slightest lie. Disappointment could be seen on people’s faces the minute I started speaking.
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Jon Snow, I love you neither
If today the actor is better, we can naturally say that it is also because the years have passed. The last episode of Game Of Thrones was released in 2019 and Kit Harington has since lent his face to other roles. Enough to allow the actor to dissociate himself from Jon Snow in people’s minds. But paradoxically, the actor seems ready to put a coin back into the machine. However, he had stated in 2020 that he wanted to move away from this role:
I feel that men have an emotional problem, a blockage, and this blockage came from the Second World War, transmitted from grandfather to father to son. [..] We don’t talk about how we feel, because it shows weakness: because it’s not manly. Having played a man who was silent, who was heroic, I think that’s a role I don’t want to play anymore. The world doesn’t need to see these kinds of virile characters anymore.
Kit Harington in The Telegraph
However, a spin-off on Jon Snow is currently in the works at HBO. And according to the author, Kit Harington would be ready to reprise his role. The opportunity to reconcile with the character before turning the page definitively this time? Nothing is less certain… We hope that the actor will experience this new association with the role of Jon Snow better. In any case, he still has a little time to prepare for it. A priori, the spin-off on Jon Snow is not ready to see the light of day and we are not safe from cancellation.