Kit Harington played Jon Snow on Game of Thrones for eight straight seasons. After immersing himself in Westeros for so long, naturally it’s going to feel a little weird when he watches a whole new crop of actors follow in his footsteps in House of the Dragon, the Game of Thrones prequel show that HBO is filming even as we speak. In fact, speaking to Insider, Harington said that there might be “a bit of pain” involved.
“There’s emotion connected to that for me,” the actor said. “I think to see people get into outfits and costumes that resemble what we wore for all those years and it have the same music and style and tone but not be in it…there’s gonna be a rawness there.
"Of course I’m gonna watch it and I’m gonna support Miguel, who’s helming the show, and I wish them all the best…It’s so close to my heart, that story, that of course there might be a bit of pain there."
“Miguel” would be Miguel Sapochnik, who directed Harington in Game of Thrones episodes like “Hardhome,” “Battle of the Bastards” and “The Long Night.” He and Ryan Condal are the showrunners on House of the Dragon, and we can’t wait to see what they come up with.
"It's so close to my heart, that story, that, of course, there might be a bit of pain there," — Kit Harington tells me why it may be a bit "painful" to watch #GameofThrones prequel series, #HouseofTheDragon. pic.twitter.com/0iqIo7Yo00
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House of the Dragon will have “a different tone” to Game of Thrones
House of the Dragon will be set hundreds of years before Jon Snow was born, during an epic conflict called the Dance of the Dragons that pit different members of the Targaryen family (and their dragons) against each other. Harington is right that it will have similarities to Game of Thrones — how could it not? — although Sapochnik himself has said that it will have a “different tone.”
House of the Dragon will premiere on HBO and HBO Max sometime in 2022. In the meantime, you can see Harington as Dane Whitman/the Black Knight in Eternals, a new Marvel movie landing in theaters on November 5.
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