Los Angeles, Mistakes were made during the final season of "Game of Thrones", says British star Kit Harington, who played the fan-favourite character of Jon Snow in the HBO series. During a profile interview with GQ Magazine, Harington agreed with the fans that the eighth and final season of the smash hit show, which premiered in May 2019 to negative reviews, was "rushed". "I think there were mistakes made, story-wise towards the end maybe.
I think there were some interesting choices that didn’t quite work,” Harington said. "I think if there was any fault with the end of ‘Thrones’, is that we were all so f**king tired, we couldn’t have gone on longer. And so I understand some people thought it was rushed and I might agree with them.
But I’m not sure there was any alternative," he added. The final season of "Game of Thrones", which aired in 2019, faced widespread criticism from fans and critics alike for several reasons, with the most common complaint being that the show, which had spent years building up complex storylines and character arcs, crammed significant events into just six episodes. Many fans also felt that the character arcs of key figures, especially Emilia Clarke's Daenerys Targaryen, were poorly concluded.
Harington said though “everyone is entitled to their opinion”, the team felt worn out after filming the series for over 10 years. “I look at pictures of me in that final season and I look exhausted. I look spent.
I didn’t have another seaso.