“I just can’t watch it,” Harington said, underscoring how his years on “Game of Thrones” had taken an emotional toll on him. He confessed that he wishes the new series all the best but could not revisit the land of Westeros from this new vantage point. It is a sentiment underlining how deeply Harington’s identity is wedged to the original series, making him find it incredibly difficult to immerse himself in any new narrative set within that world.
Harington’s concerns don’t stop at House of the Dragon. He confessed he doesn’t even know if he will return to Game of Thrones itself one day. Reflecting on his experience, Harington explained how he did not get over the show for years—and even now, he is not sure it is fully in his past. “I don’t think I’ll watch ‘Game of Thrones’ again for many years,” he confessed, adding that it takes a considerable amount of time to distance oneself from such an intense experience.
Moved on from Game of Thrones, Harington now looks to play characters where he gets a full arc, shifting from episodic appearances and movie roles he had been doing. He felt that this was the right time for him to engage with television in a more immersive way, exploring the development of a character over a period. On many levels, this turn in his career was based on an acting challenge and a need for growth away from the former role.
With Harington already keeping distance from the series, his forthcoming HBO spin-off A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is due to premiere a century after House of the Dragon, and a century before Game of Thrones. The universe that Harington really brought mainstream popularity to is what this 2025 TV series is going to expand upon, but it’s clear that he is keen to move on from it since he just has zero interest in participating or even watching these new stories.
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