When Kit broke down

Actor Kit Harington says he broke down and cried in front of a Game of Thrones fan after filming the show’s final season. Harington is about to say goodbye to the character he has essayed for the past eight years. And letting go of Jon Snow proved to be difficult for Harington. 

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In an episode of The Graham Norton Show, the 32-year-old star admitted that he got emotional in front of a fan on the street after filming wrapped. “She backed off pretty quickly,” he said of the fan in question. 

The actor added: “I was determined to be cool about the end and decided that when people came up to me and said, ‘Are you Jon Snow?’ that I would say very calmly, ‘I used to be’.” However, it ended up happening very differently for Harington, as he explained to Norton.  “When I left the set for the final time, I was very emotional, and when a girl came up to me and asked the inevitable question, I broke down and cried, ‘I used to be!’”

Harington has played the role of Jon Snow ever since Game Of Thrones made its debut in 2011. — IANS

A lot of fame, says maisie Williams 

Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams says the epic fantasy series has given her a lot of fame, but she is not interested in working towards increasing her popularity. The 22-year-old actress tasted success with her stint as Arya Stark in the HBO series, which is in its final season. The first of episode of season eight premiered in the US on April 14. ‘’I still see ignorant comments feel like I personally have to remove myself, because I had a taste of that sort of fame with this show and I made a vow to myself: I do not want that.  My agents say things to me like, ‘We’ll raise your profile’, and I don’t really understand what that means because to me it sounds like getting a whole lot more famous, which is something I’m not interested in. If this show is the greatest thing I ever do, I did okay. I didn’t do too bad,” Williams said. PTI