Five years after it ended, Kit Harington is sharing his thoughts on the divisive finale to HBO’s fantasy series , saying that the conclusion felt “rushed” and he and his castmates were “f—ing tired” by the time filming wrapped. “I think if there was any fault with the end of , is that we were all so f—ing tired, we couldn’t have gone on longer,” Harington says in a new interview with . “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. I look at pictures of me in that final season and I look exhausted. I look spent.
I didn’t have another season in me.” A to remake the entirety of ’ eighth season “with competent writers” landed more than 1.8 million signatures after the finale aired in May 2019.
“David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have proven themselves to be woefully incompetent writers when they have no source material (i.
e. the books) to fall back on,” the petition read. “This series deserves a final season that makes sense.
Subvert my expectations and make it happen, HBO!” The final season was beset with complaints, with actress Jessica Chastain criticizing the show for using sexual abuse as a plot point in the development of Sophie Turner’s character, Sansa Stark. “Rape is not a tool to make a character stronger. A woman doesn’t need to be victimized in order to become a butterfly.
The little bird was always a Phoenix. Her prevailing strength is solely because of her. And her alone,” the Oscar-winning actress wrote in a social media post.
“Everyone is entitled to their opinion,” Harington says, reflecting on the harsh reaction. “I think there were mistakes made, story-wise, towards the end maybe. I think there were some interesting choices that didn’t quite work.
” In a previous interview with in 2021, Harington defended the series’ last episode saying it ended exactly as it should have. The books written by George R. R.
Martin on which the show was based have yet to be concluded, so there is a chance hardcore fans will be able to get a satisfying finish. Elsewhere in his chat But ultimately he and the creative team behind the show couldn’t come up with a good enough idea to sustain an entire series..
