Winter is Coming
Fansided

Kit Harington hasn’t heard anything about returning to the MCU

By Dan Selcke

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 22: Kit Harington attends the 71st Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 22: Kit Harington attends the 71st Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit

Game of Thrones star Kit Harington (Jon Snow) made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Eternals. He played Dane Whitman, the human boyfriend of the Eternal Sersi (Gemma Chan). Mostly he just stood around watching as Sersi tried to save the world, but a post-credits scene found him inspecting the Ebony Blade, which in the comics leads to his becoming the superhero Black Knight.

So does that mean that Harington will return in a future Marvel movie? If it does, he hasn’t heard anything. “No, not that I know of,” he said on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show when asked if anything was planned. “It sounds like a very political answer but, I mean, it’s exciting for me because the last film, as anyone who has seen it, kind of sets an idea up that I might go further.”

"So, I’m hoping… But I think whenever you’re answering questions about these things, people point at you and say ‘liar’ as if you know more than other people."

Harington has lots of experience with that; remember he lied for a straight year about Jon Snow being dead back in his Game of Thrones days. As for Marvel, Harington says he “genuinely has no idea” what’s happening next, and that he’s “waiting for a call on it.”

Will Kit Harington return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As mentioned, the end of Eternals sets Harington’s character up for further adventures in the MCU; it even features an (audio only) appearance from Mahershala Ali as Blade, which is coming down the pike. We may well see Dane Whitman reappear in that movie.

However, it’s also possible that Marvel Studios is rethinking things a bit after Eternals failed to set the world on fire; it did alright at the box office, but not up to Marvel’s usual standards. We’ll have to wait and see whether they continue forward with those characters or pivot to something else.

Next. Let’s break down The Rings of Power teaser shot by shot. dark

To stay up to date on everything fantasy, science fiction, and WiC, follow our all-encompassing Facebook page and sign up for our exclusive newsletter.

Get HBO, Starz, Showtime and MORE for FREE with a no-risk, 7-day free trial of Amazon Channels

h/t Digital Spy

Home/Kit Harington