Celebrities have unique problems. For instance, they've got to get used to being recognized in public and the possibibilty that perfect strangers may want them to sign something or take a picture with them. Game of Thrones star Kit Harington has learned to handle that kind of situation gracefully, but what happens when the person who wants a picture has no idea who you are and actually just wanted you to snap a pic of them next to some landmark?
Apparently, that's happened to Harington more than once, which is especially embarassing when you assume the fan is there for you. “Sometimes someone comes up to you in the center of town, usually a tourist, and they’re like, ‘Could you take a photo?,’ and you’re like, ‘Yeah, sure!'” he explained in a video while promoting the video game Game of Thrones: Legends, according to Page Six. “You go and you put your arm around them and they’re like, ‘No, no, no, of me and Big Ben.'”
Harington called this an "excruciatingly embarrassing moment." When it happened, he was out with his friends, who "absolutely ripped" him over it. I'm feeling the second-hand humiliation already.
Harington calls this kind of thing the "opposite of a fan interaction," and apparently it "happens quite often." Although he's quick to qualify that when he does meet actual Game of Thrones fans, they're “always wonderful.”
As for Game of Thrones: Legends, it's a mobile game where you build up your own house and send your soldiers into battle. Promoting it marks the first official time that Harington has been involved with the world of Game of Thrones since the show ended in 2019 (not counting his aborted Jon Snow sequel series, anyway). “I love that the ‘Thrones’ world is still continuing five years after I wrapped my part of it,” he said. “Frankly, it’s really great to be associated with."
HBO is also keeping the world of Game of Thrones alive through spinoffs like House of the Dragon and, next year, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. As for Harington, he's done with swords and sorcery (for now) but is still sticking around HBO; you can catch him in new episodes of Industry, a drama about the world of high finance, every Sunday night.
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