Harington said he wishes the team behind the prequel series "all the best" but admitted he'll likely never be among their viewership John Nacion/Variety via Getty cannot count on to be a viewer. The alum, 37, admitted that he has not watched the prequel series as of yet, and he doesn't have plans to, as the Westeros wounds are still a bit too fresh. "I just can't watch it," he told the at the New York City premiere of season 3.
"I think it's just, for me, I spent too long there. And I wish them all the best and I hear it's wonderful and going really well, but I don't think I'll ever watch that show." Related: What's more, Harington said he doesn't think he'll watch again for "many years.
" "It's taken a few years to put it in the rearview – I'm still unsure whether it is fully in the rearview mirror," he told AP of . "I think it takes a long time." It's not necessarily shocking that Harington — who married after — isn't exactly eager to rewatch , given that in the months after it had aired and .
"I feel like my heart is breaking. I love this show more than, I think, anything," he told the cast and crew on his last day of filming in footage from the HBO documentary . "It has never been a job for me.
It's been my life and this will always be the greatest thing I'll ever do and be a part of." Related: There was also about his character, but . Harington told that the spinoff – which — was "firmly on the shelf" because the team "couldn't find the right story to tell that .