Kit Harington made an appearance at the “Game of Thrones” convention Sunday night in Los Angeles — and fans were hungry for details about the Jon Snow sequel series.
Harington, 35, attempted to keep quiet about any details of the spinoff that was announced earlier this year — but he did discuss how his character Snow was left in the ending of the series and what could’ve happened to him after killing Daenerys and being banished to the Wall in the North.
“I think if you asked him, he would’ve felt he got off lightly,” Harington said, according to Entertainment Weekly. “At the end of the show when we find him in that cell, he’s preparing to be beheaded and he wants to be. He’s done. The fact he goes to the Wall is the greatest gift and also the greatest curse.”
The actor continued, “He’s gotta go back up to the place with all this history and live out his life thinking about how he killed Dany, and live out his life thinking about Ygritte dying in his arms, and live out his life thinking about how he hung Olly, and live out his life thinking about all of this trauma, and that, that’s interesting.”
While Harington didn’t directly mention the continuation of his character’s storyline, he gave some insight into Snow’s state at the end of “Game of Thrones.”
“So I think where we leave him at the end of the show, there’s always this feeling of like… I think we wanted some kind of little smile that things are OK. He’s not OK,” Harington said.
It was revealed earlier this year that HBO was developing a “Game of Thrones” spinoff centered around Snow.
Harington, who won two Emmys for his role in the series, is reportedly attached to the new show, which would “upend” the final season of “Thrones,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
“Thrones” creator George R. R. Martin later confirmed on his blog that the spinoff is indeed happening — and teased that the working title for the show is “SNOW.”
The original series ended with Snow discovering he was a potential heir to the Iron Throne and venturing North of the Wall to leave his old life behind.