For quite a few years, Kit Harington was front and center for TV’s biggest event series, and though it’s been five years since Game of Thrones ’ series finale , the franchise remains alive and well thanks to HBO’s House of The Dragon , the upcoming Knight of the Seven Kingdoms spinoff , and the lore-focused mobile game Game of Thrones: Legends . That said, the fantasy universe’s widespread popularity doesn’t guarantee that Harington’s public interactions are limited to only those who are familiar with his work. The actor, whose standalone GoT spinoff was shelved earlier this year , did actually reprise the role of Jon Snow for the game , and has apparently enjoyed his time with the RPG offshoot.
What he doesn’t enjoy as much, however, is being roasted by buddies over exchanges with what turned out to be non-fans. Here’s how Harington explained that particular brand of awkwardness in an interview with Page Six : This is something that happens quite often. This is the opposite of a fan interaction.
I got absolutely ripped the other day by my mates, because sometimes someone comes up to you in the center of town, usually a tourist, and they’re like, ‘Could you take a photo?’ And you’re like, ‘Yeah, yeah, sure,' you’re with your mates. You go and you put your arm around them and they’re like, ‘No, no, no, of me and Big Ben. To be fair to any and every one of Kit Harington's mates who have rousing chuckles over this kind of thing, it's pretty flip.