Kit Harrington was Initially a Bit Disappointed with Jon Snow's Return

Kit Harrington, who plays Jon Snow on Game of Thrones, revealed he was kind of disappointed with how his characters return from the dead went down in an interview with The Wrap. He reveals that between seasons he thought about how coming back from the dead would affect his performance as Jon, saying " At the same time, you don't get the scripts until about two weeks before you start shooting the new season. I knew I was coming back to life, but I didn't know if I'd come back as a changed person, as a villain. So I couldn't pre-plan anything, which was hard."

When the time to actually rise from the grave came, he was a little let down. "And then I got the scripts, and actually, he comes back as himself, as the Jon that everyone knows. Which at first I found disappointing." However, Harrington goes on to say, "But it's more subtle than that. He has an insight into what lies beyond that very few people in his world do, and that no one in our world does—he knows that there's no afterlife. Which does quietly drive who he is and what he wants to do."

He also reveals that lying on a table dead for two episodes was a bit frustrating. "Everyone's getting on with the job around you, and you just have to be still, and naked, for weeks. I drifted off a few times on that table, and woke up in the middle of Game of Thrones world, which was terrifying".

Harrington talked about some other interesting tidbits. He felt his "goodbye" speech to the crew to convince them his character had really been killed off wasn't very good. He did enjoy teasing Sophie Turner about it though, because he considers her a little sister. He said the filming of the Battle of the Bastards was "chaos" and it was "both fun and arduous."

Did you share Harrington's initial disappointment with Jon Snow's return? Do you think his explanation for how Jon Snow has changed holds up? Talk about it in the comments!

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