Kit Harrington Admits Initial Disappointment at Jon Snow's Return
Game of Thrones wasted little time bringing Jon Snow back from the dead at the start of the season, and it largely became his story right through to the finish. Ironically, he never really dealt with his death and resurrection in a meaningful, emotional way.
In any case, star Kit Harrington spoke to The Wrap, who asked if the death of the character would affect future performances. "I did—but 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.
"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. 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."
On those first couple of episodes, in which he plays a dead body, Harrington describes a little frustration, light-heartedly.
"Yeah. I was on that flipping table… I thought it would be quite nice just to have a couple of episodes lying down, but it was really 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."
Source: Comicbook
