Entertainment- Kit Harington appeared to tease his "Game of Thrones" sequel when talking about Jon Snow's exile.
- During a "Game of Thrones" convention in LA, he said Jon is "let off lightly" by the banishment.
Kit Harington appeared to tease a Jon Snow "Game of Thrones" sequel when answering questions at the HBO show's convention on Sunday.
In June 2022, "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin wrote a blog post suggesting that a series based on Snow is in development. However, during HBO's "Game of Thrones" convention in Los Angeles on Sunday, Harington, who played Snow in the original series, did not directly acknowledge a sequel series.
However, Harington gave insight into Jon Snow's mindset at the end of the original series, which could be where a sequel series picks up.
Harington said of Jon being banished to the Wall after killing Daenerys (Emilia Clarke): "I think if you asked him, he would've felt he got off lightly. 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 [Rose Leslie] dying in his arms. Thinking about how he hung Olly and live out his life thinking about all of this trauma and that's interesting."
Harington concluded: "So I think that when 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 okay. He's not okay."
In June, The Hollywood Reporter claimed that a "Game of Thrones" sequel starring Jon Snow was in development, prompting Martin's blog post confirming the news.
However, at the time, Martin said he could not say anything else about the series "until HBO gives me a green light."
As Insider reported at the time, HBO declined to comment when the first report was released.