Kit Harington was quite the charming fellow on Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, joining the show on its return from the July 4th break to kick off the promotional blitz for Game Of Thrones seventh season. He reveals a few trade secrets involved with keeping secrets on the show, like shooting fake scenes to throw off fans and paparazzi who might be trying to piece things together before the season premiere. If that sounds excessive, you clearly haven’t paid attention or you think it’s not enough thanks to your four layers of encryption. Either way, if you thought the script rules and possible terminations were bad, the usually have to film these fake scenes on their days off. That’s just mean.
The real treasure of his appearance comes before he sits down for the interview. During Kimmel’s monologue, there’s a nice video segment that shows some of Harington’s other auditions for Game Of Thrones before he won the role of Jon Snow. As it turns out, Harington does not have a problem playing a woman on the screen. He also has no issues playing a giant guardian who can only say one word, a child, and a White Walker that may or may not be the Night King. Going to have to call foul on that one since they didn’t introduce him until later in the series. Can’t fool us, Kit Harington.
There’s also plenty of nudity thrown in here, proving that Harry Potter is full of surprises if J.K. Rowling would only let him cut loose in the books. If he’s old enough to kill an ancient evil and watch his friends perish, he’s old enough for life’s more sensual moments.
(Via Jimmy Kimmel Live)
