Kit Harington is opening up about the sort of roles that he is drawn to after starring in Game of Thrones.
The 37-year-old actor brought Jon Snow to life on the hit series. The heroic character had a strong moral compass and was committed to doing the right thing.
After leaving the role, Kit revealed that he isn’t rushing back into a similar project anytime soon. Instead, he’s playing a more villainous role in his new project Blood for Dust.
He explained the desire and opened up about being the hero in a new interview.
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“That is seemingly what I’ve been hunting a bit,” Kit told EW about his desire to play a morally grey character. “If I look at the roles I’ve taken since playing an out-and-out hero in Game of Thrones, I have to admit there seems to be some sort of pushback about playing a hero. I’m not so interested in heroic roles, and if I am, they have to be pretty anti-hero-ish.”
He continued, saying, “My heart goes out to people playing heroes.”
Why? “They’re f—ing hard to play and to make interesting. It is more fascinating as an actor, I think, to empathize with someone deeply faulted and wrong, to try and find your way into why they are doing these things,” he said.
“[Playing] a guy who is doing all the right things and is driven by being good, it’s harder to do that. And I think people who do it successfully, who play classically heroic roles, are very talented actors. But at the moment, I just find it more interesting looking for the f—ed-up people,” Kit concluded.
Speaking of Kit, the actor was supposed to play Jon again in a new spinoff series. However, he shared some bad news about the show.
