'Game Of Thrones' Kit Harington Had to Lie to Cast and Crew for a Year Regarding Resurrection
Kit Harington has proven his acting prowess both on- and off-screen.
In an interview for his cover story in this week's Entertainment Weekly, the "Game of Thrones" star spoke about the elaborate ruse he had to create to protect the HBO fantasy drama's biggest secret yet.
While fans now know that the "Game of Thrones" team worked with the network to keep the secret of Jon Snow's resurrection from the public, Harington revealed that, for nearly a year, he had to lie to the rest of the cast, who weren't in on the secret.
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As Harington told EW, he was only informed that Snow would be resurrected a couple of weeks after the "Game of Thrones" cast members received the scripts for season 5. When the producers gave him the good news, they also swore him to secrecy. For almost an entire year, the actor had to deceive the "Game of Thrones" cast and crew and pretend that he had been booted out of the show.
"At first I thought I would find it fun," Harington told the magazine. "But I had to lie to a lot of close friends and cast members and crew. The longer it went, the more I felt like I was betraying them. So I did end up letting people in, slowly."
According to the actor, while some of his co-stars, such as Liam Cunningham (Ser Davos Seaworth), wouldn't believe that he was exiting the series, others actually fell for his deception.
"Sophie Turner [Sansa Stark], bless her, wrote me a really long letter about how much she loved working with me – and I still got it," the actor shared.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, director Jeremy Podeswa, who helmed the first two episodes of the show's latest season, said that the level of secrecy surrounding Jon Snow's resurrection was "unprecedented."
"[W]e were all very aware that this would be the major spoiler of all time if it ever got out," he said.
"Game of Thrones" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO.
