Kit Harington Agrees ‘Game of Thrones’ Ending Made ‘Mistakes’ and Felt Rushed, but ‘We Were All So F—ing Tired. We Couldn’t Have Gone on Longer’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Kit Harington said in a new interview with British GQ that continuing on “Game of Thrones” after eight seasons would not have been possible as the cast was “all so fucking tired.” The blockbuster HBO series ended with a truncated final season (just six episodes compared to the usual ten) that outraged fans, many of whom criticized the rushed pacing.
Harington, who played Jon Snow, doesn’t necessarily disagree with the critics, although he knows there was no way he could muster up the strength to make more “Thrones.” “I think if there was any fault with the end of ‘Thrones,’ is that we were all so fucking tired, we couldn’t have gone on longer,” Harington said. “And so I understand some people thought it was rushed and I might agree with them.
But I’m not sure there was any alternative. I look at pictures of me in that final season and I look exhausted. I look spent.
I didn’t have another season in me.” Harington added that “everyone is entitled to their opinion” as far as the controversial finale, adding: “I think there were mistakes made, story-wise, toward the end maybe.
Read more on variety.com
