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 we were excited about enough.
" Harington is also not the only alum to admit they haven't been able to watch the prequel series since its premiere in 2022. In June, , who played Daenerys Targaryen, . "I just don't know what it is.
I feel so content and happy with what my experience was, that I think watching the new one would just feel so odd, I think," she said. Like Harington, though, she said it's "absolutely amazing" that the spinoff has seen such success. "I really so fully support the entire thing and everyone who's made it and it's beautiful how successful it's been.
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