Kit Harington profiled in GQ, “cursed” to answer Game of Thrones questions
Kit Harington is on the cover of British GQ this month as part of the promotional push for his movie Testament of Youth, which releases in the UK next month, but you wouldn’t know it from the quotes released ahead of the issue. All anyone wants to talk to him about is Game of Thrones. Harington is aware of the irony. “Game of Thrones is my life, it’s my day job, I love it. But honestly, if there is a curse of Thrones, it’s a lifetime of having to talk about it.”
He may have gotten his hair trimmed for his latest stab at feature films, but he’s insists he’s contractually incapable of cutting his man-bun. “I’m more recognizable in public than much better-known actors. So many people watch, and I go around looking like my character.” Not that his Resting Solemn Face is a contractually obligated look. He’s just born that way. “I’d get people coming up to me in the street and asking if I was OK. But this is my default. I laugh, I make jokes, I just happen to reside in this face.” Believe me, Kit, we’re not complaining.
But like any actor, Harington doesn’t want Game of Thrones to be his only success story. It’s clear he’s hoping Testament will do well. Or at least better than his dreadful first stab at moving to the big screen, last spring’s clunker Pompeii. He tries to be diplomatic, but we all know he’s not talking about his appearance in How To Train Your Dragon 2 in this quote: “I won’t name names and I won’t name films but I’ve sat through private screenings, nearly in tears. Hating it. Thinking: this is the end, everything’s over.”
Still, despite the dramatics, Harington seems to have perspective on the profession he’s chosen and the people he works with. “They’re all narcissists. Every single one, I promise you. To have that verve, to get up and want to be watched. It comes from a place – either you were denied that attention as a child, or you were given lots of it and want more. Which is where I land.” Well, it’s good he cleared that up. With his Solemn Resting Face, one couldn’t blame the audience for assuming it was the former. Perhaps if Testament is a hit, we might get to see him crack a smile. But the show still won’t let him cut his hair.
The issue of British GQ with Harington on the cover comes out at the end of the week.
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